Klarinet Archive - Posting 000663.txt from 2001/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Band Eb
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 09:00:09 -0400

At 08:16 AM 10/20/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>It is a joy to play in a piece where the composer or arranger knows what
>to do with the Eb--some of the Eb player's problems are derived from parts
>that have been generated just so that the set has an Eb part, and
>sometimes the orchestration of the parts make no sense or just
>unimaginatively double the 1st Bb's for most of the piece.
>My two cents...

Just a quick public bravo to Stephen Heineman who played Eb for us on
Shostakovich 10 last night (and will at today's matinee concert......).

Good work Steve - and on a Patricola no less!

Best,
Roger Garrett

Illinois Wesleyan University
PO Box 2900
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900

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