Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2001/09

From: "F. S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bass Clarinet Solo Literature
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:43:34 -0400

If you're in the States *CDNow* has the Mitchell CD "Edge of the
World" for $16...plus s&h. You can preview some of the cuts with with
either RealAudio or WindowsMedia.

Virginia Anderson wrote:

>on 5/9/01 9:15 am, Heidi Kirsch <hekirs02@-----.com> wrote:
>
>>I am an undergraduate senior music education major.
>>My major instrument is the clarinet, but I also love
>>to play the Bass Clarinet. Does anyone know of any
>>good quality music solo literature that was written
>>specifically for the Bass Clarinet?
>>
>
>Hi Heidi (and all),
>
>.....I really like is Ian Mitchell's CD _the edge
>of the world_, which has music by Christopher Hobbs (Why Not? (solo bass)
>and 17 One-Minute Pieces for Bass Clarinet and Casio MT-750), Dave Smith
>(Off-Peak Single From Symi (solo bass)), John White (A Little Souvenir from
>Costa Mijas (bass and piano)), Cornelius Cardew (Mountains (solo bass)), and
>Barney Childs (the edge of the world (bass and pipe organ)).
>
>This is really classy best-quality stuff - the only limitation for your
>purposes may be the difficulty of some of the pieces. Stylistically it's
>modern-postmodern: the Cardew modernist but influenced by Bach; the White,
>Hobbs, and Smith with all sorts of tuneful references, both art and popular;
>the Childs very noisy and scarily affective. If you're a pretty nimble
>undergrad. and have time to practice, I'd recommend either the Hobbs _Why
>Not_ (but it's C extension bass, as is
>the Smith, which is about the same
>difficulty) or the White _Costa Mijas_ (for regular short bass). The _17
>One-Minute Pieces_ are really, really fun, but it's almost impossible to
>find this model keyboard, and the Cardew and Childs are virtuoso top-pro
>pieces.
>
>Ian is selling some copies directly at a discount (you can find his address
>and details on this CD, including review notes, on the EMC site), but prices
>are in GB pounds; you might try Harmonia Mundi or Black Box
><http://www.blackboxmusic.co.uk> to get it using US dollars or credit cards.
>I claim partial influence in that I work for the EMC, but the EMC does not
>profit from Ian's record; rather I advertise it without personal gain
>because I feel that this is the best bass clarinet CD in years and perhaps
>ever.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Virginia
>

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