Klarinet Archive - Posting 001118.txt from 2003/03

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: "C" clarinet - Dan Leeson take note
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:38:52 -0500

Walter Grabner wrote:

>On the May concert for the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, we have
scheduled the Bizet "Symphonie in C Major".

>Last Sunday, the librarian passed out the clarinet parts, giving me two
parts, one in Bb, the other(and I would guess the >original) in "C".

>So, tomorrow I'm taking my new "C" clarinet to an orchestra rehearsal for
the first time.

>What about the rest of you? Has anyone tackled the Bizet lately, using a
"C" clarinet? What were the reactions of the >conductor and the other
members of the woodwind section?

Hi Walter,

I've played the Bizet on my "C" (after having to ask the librarian if he
had "C" parts) and the conductor was pleased. Without any big discussion on
the subject, I think that the brighter sound cut through a bit better. At
the first rehearsal I had only the Bb part, so the conductor heard it on Bb
first.

By the second rehearsal I had the C part. She specifically said she
preferred it on C. The 2nd clarinetist was playing on Bb - I don't think
that caused any problems. No one actually commented on the C clarinet
unless I brought up the subject.

Don Yungkurth

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