Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 2001/10
From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Subject: Contemporary Works
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 04:20:31 -0400
Stephen -
Consider the Brahms' Sonatas. I am currently working on both of them and
they are a joy to play. Not too technically difficult, but they require a
lot of musicianship to play them correctly and "professionally".
My teacher and I are using Harold Wright's marvelous CD (Boston Records
BR1005CD) of the Sonatas to guide my interpretation and style of playing
them. What terrific musicianship and style Harold Wright possessed !!!!
Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the notes on first reading. I was,
almost. You will probably spend many hours developing the musicianship
required in the interpretation of the Sonatas to even approximate Mr.
Wright's performance or that of any other comparably talented soloist.
Gene Nibbelin, an old guy who didn't really think he would like the Brahms'
Sonatas
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen C. Moore [mailto:stmoore@-----.edu]
Subject: Re: [kl] Subject: Contemporary Works
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Virginia Anderson wrote:
> Gosh, I have a lot of questions regarding this situation: Do you have to
> pick from those 7 because your teacher wants you to play something which
> he/she knows? Also, are you limiting yourself to a solo work because of a
No, those are just some of the pieces he's had in his library that he
recommends. I can pick something else and have already gotten many great
ideas on and off the list. I don't necessarily have to pick something
he's played. My only reservation is I don't think I would
be up to something completely crazy with regards to contemporary
techniques. Standard technique is not really a problem given the amount
of time I have, but if it has multiphonics and quarter tones, it needs
to be reasonable enough for somebody who has never used those effects
before.
> lack of personnel/rehearsal time or for some other reason? Is this a
BA/BM
> or MA recital? What other pieces are on this recital?
Actually its neither a BA nor an MA :) I'm actually a CIS major with a
music minor. However, I do as much applied clarinet as the performance
majors, have already given one recital and will give at least one more.
I'm limiting this post to a solo work, we are also looking at Nielsen,
Spohr, Weber, Krommer, Horovitz, and Brahms, as some of my options for a
later recital.
>
> It matters most that you pick something which will work well in the
specific
> recital. This may be the reason that your professor gave you such a
narrow
> range of pieces.
>
When we talked about this, we basically worked out a list of things I
would like to work on before I graduate. We can mix and match the pieces
to put 1 or 2 recitals together.
> If your programme or your professor is more flexible than the list
suggests
> you might try some of these. If it has to be solo because of personnel,
you
> might try a piece with electronics - say, one of the Beermann Polygraphs,
or
> Michael Horvitz' _Antiphon II - of the same age. You might also try
Barney
> Childs' _Sleep, and then going on_, for A clarinet and percussion (easy
> percussion (a couple of cymbals) played by the clarinettist), which Barney
> wrote for me for my recital. If you have a pianist, I would also suggest
> Christopher Hobbs' _Rites of Passage_, which has similar flash to some of
> the suggested pieces, some of the impressive altissimo and multiphonics of
> the suggested pieces.
>
I'll look into those! Fortunately many of these pieces that do not have a
piano part are $5-$10 so I could buy a whole bunch and find out what works
well. Of course, I could get 6 to 12 of those pieces for the price I'll
have to pay for the Nielsen Concerto! :)
Thanks for the info...
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