Klarinet Archive - Posting 000562.txt from 2001/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] A few facts about scary avant-garde noises
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:26:47 -0500

On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:33:40 +0000, assembly1@-----.com said:

> Back to clarinet, Tony. I've been enjoying your discussion of the
> dangerous avant-garde noise that is the Poulenc Sonata and glad to
> hear that the Chester edition is close to the manuscript. Where is
> this available?

Dunno. I was always happy with my 1963 edition that matches, pretty
much, the latest version from Thea and Georgina; but I don't know
about this newest one. I'm still waiting to be informed by the list
about that, because frankly, I can't be bothered any more to take the
intitiative on this subject. (Well, if I don't hear anything, perhaps
I can:-)

> I've always tried to play the third movement as if it were a Carl
> Stalling Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon backing: same quick
> emphatic changes of mood and dynamics, the same almost casual
> technical brilliance. I do stress that I play like the music for the
> cartoons and not the cartoons themselves: there is no exploding
> package or catapult made by Acme hidden in the piano.

As far as I know, none of the issues about variant readings are in the
last movement. Someone once suggested some changes there, but there's
no real evidence that I know of.

What I do remember about the last movement is Gervase talking about the
'Shirley Bassey' bit, in a masterclass. Does that fit your conception?

> It would be nice to make these small changes on the off chance of
> playing or teaching it.

What I find about the Poulenc sonatas is that I prefer the flute and
oboe ones to the clarinet one.

But flautists and oboists have other ideas....

Tony
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