Klarinet Archive - Posting 000546.txt from 2003/02

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Contra bass and extensions
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:46:03 -0500

I've played two Broadway shows that have Eb Contra alto. Reed book IV
in "Chorus Line" calls for flute, clarinet, contra alto clarinet, bari
sax and bassoon. "Will Rogers Follies" has contra alto in it. Don't
recall the other instruments, but I think it could have been bari sax
and Bb soprano clarinet.
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 02:34 PM, CLARK FOBES wrote:

>
> Walter,
>
> The problem is that the part also calls for a low B natural as I
> remember.
> Dennis Smylie now owns the instrument (a Buffet) that Rosario built a
> new
> bell for with assistance of the Powell factory in Boston
>
> On a related topic. I made a "D" extension for my Low C contra
> (Leblanc).
> I use it when I don't need the low C. The entire instrument responds
> better
> and it make a GREAT ( read LOUD) low D. I used it to great advantage
> when
> playing "St. Francois D'Assise" with the SF Opera this past fall.
>
> The TMEA was a great success and as always I met a lot of really nice
> people.
>
> Dan Paprocki asked me about memorable film scores I have played that
> required Contra. I have not recorded a lot of film scores, but the most
> memorable would have to be "Mars Attacks!". Partly because it required
> 2
> contras and on one session I played 5 different instruments!! (Eb
> clar., Bb
> clar, bass clarinet, EEb Contra, BBb contra)
>
> Another memorable score was "Mimic". It's a pretty horrifying movie,
> but
> when the evil cockroach monsters are near so is the contra bass!!!
> Marco
> Beltrami is a wonderful young composer and uses unusual
> instrumentation.
> There are several places in the score where the bad bugs are scurrying
> around and the background sound is all of the woodwinds just clicking
> their
> keys.
>
> Some of my other credits (playing contra and bass clarinet)
>
> Jurassic Park III
> Inspector Gadget
> Sphere
> The Faculty
> Harry Potter (just "touch ups" great John Williams score and HARD!)
>
> There are some others that I cannot dredge up from my weakening
> memory.
>
>
>
> CLARK FOBES
> reedman@-----.com
> Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
>
>
>
>
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Richard Bush
Maker of 'BasSonic' bassoon reeds
760 Robins Avenue
Ogden, UT 84404
(801) 393-7265
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