Klarinet Archive - Posting 000338.txt from 2002/11

From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] trio music
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:25:43 -0500

Jean Simon wrote:

>I have a clarinet trio that has recently preformed on a degree recital
>the Mozart Divermento no4.

I assume you mean of the basset horn divertimenti? They're great, but
I can understand that you might not want to play a concert of all of them
in a row!

> And now we have the opportunity to play a few
>places around town, and are in need of music to fufill these
>opportunties. Do any of you happen to know of any good trio literature?
>My own teacher tried to help, but as he pointed out there isn't a lot for
>clarinet trio. The instrumentation of clarinets doesn't matter, we are
>capable of E flat and bass and well as B flat.

Have you checked out the stuff that the Chicago Clarinet Trio does?
Their CD (I think they've only done one) has some really great (and
difficult) stuff on it.

Mark Thiel

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