Klarinet Archive - Posting 000358.txt from 2001/09

From: Josh <eliazor@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Really tough orchestral pieces
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:14:42 -0400

Dave,

I do not know your playing backround. But, it seem that most professional
clarintest should know how to handle these difficult parts. After all they
make a living at it and that is what they tought to do. Play those
difficult solo parts.

Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Spiegelthal" <Spiegelthal.Dave@-----.COM>
Subject: [kl] Really tough orchestral pieces

>
>
>
> A question to the professional clarinetists (and other musicians) out
there:
> Are there any orchestral works that are so difficult that even
professional
> orchestras have real problems playing them? This question comes to mind
every
> time I hear Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe, for instance, which just sounds to me
like
> it's horrendously difficult to play for every section of the orchestra
(I've
> never played it myself so I don't have first-hand experience). I used to
think
> that Rite of Spring was probably one such work, but having played it on
bass
> clarinet some years ago, I discovered it's not as hard to play as it
sounds, but
> nevertheless.......Some liner notes for one recording I have of Janacek's
> Sinfonietta mentioned that the flute/piccolo parts in one of the
movements, as
> originally written, were so difficult that for many years every orchestra
played
> them down an octave. Are there other examples of this phenomenon?
> A related question: If and when such a hypothetical piece of music is
tackled
> by a major symphony, how do the players handle it? Is there ever a
situation
> where a first-chair player in a major orchestra simply cannot play the
music as
> written, and if so, what happens? (no names need be mentioned, of course.)
> David Spiegelthal
> Calverton, VA
> spiegelthal.dave@-----.com
>
> p.s. This may be a duplicate posting --- if so, I apologize!
>
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