Klarinet Archive - Posting 000439.txt from 2001/09

From: Gary Truesdail <gir@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Really tough orchestral pieces
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:02:27 -0400

I think the Dukas lies easily on the instrument but the sixteenth note
rhythms in Rite of Spring give me trouble. Also the opening of Daphne
and Chloe - the one that got me replaced.

GaryT

Don Yungkurth wrote:
>
> Walter Grabner wrote, in reply to the following question:
>
> <<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?>>
>
> >Yup! There are pieces that make even the big guys (and gals) sweat. Where
> do we start? Ever sit down and try to play every last note of "Sorcer's
> Apprentice"?,<
>
> One of my community orchestras played "Sorcerer's Apprentice", so I know of
> what Walter speaks. At the time I was taking lessons from a clarinetist in
> a well-regarded regional professional orchestra. I asked him about the
> clarinet parts in "Sorcerer's Apprentice" and said that, over the years,
> they (the section clarinetists) had tried a variety of things, including
> alternating measures, since the 1st and 2nd play in unison, without success.
>
> More recently, I was at a concert by this orchestra when "Sorcerer's
> Apprentice" was played. The principal clarinetist, a well known teacher,
> had a prominent solo in another work. I spoke with him after the concert
> and complimented him on his solo. I then asked, if he really played all the
> notes in "Sorcerer's Apprentice". He broke up laughing and then gave me a
> straight answer, that he tried to play notes in the appropriate chord!
>
> Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)
>
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