Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 2003/02

From: "Heinemann, Stephen" <sjh@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] orchestra parts for contrabass clarinet
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:39:32 -0500

Dan Leeson wrote:

> I participated in a performance of a contrabassoon concerto by the=20
> American composer and French horn player who was then the head of the=20
> New England Conservatory, Gunther Schuller. played the contrabass=20
> clarinet part.
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> Talk about ugly!! There were extended passages in which the=20
> contrabassoon and the contrabass clarinet played duets at their lowest =

> extremity, both completely exposed.
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I've heard that and didn't think it sounded "ugly" at all. "Dark," =
maybe...

Other orchestral repertoire: =20

Elliott Carter, Cello Concerto -- includes clarinet, bass, and =
contra

Augusta Read Thomas, _Constellations_ -- ditto. =20
(In this piece the orchestra is reseated; bass clarinetist
sits next to the concertmaster.)

Steve Heinemann
Bradley University

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Theory/Composition/Clarinet
Bradley University
Peoria, IL 61625
(309)677-2603
sjh@-----.edu
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