Klarinet Archive - Posting 000528.txt from 2003/04

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] K.622 instrumentation dilemma
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:37:44 -0400

Plus two horns and two each of oboe and bassoon if I recall. It
certainly has horns and certainly isn't strings. As far as horns are
concerned the minimum number is two and the maximum number is two.

And the string section should be small.

Matthew Lloyd

-----Original Message-----
From: fred.sheim [mailto:fred.sheim@-----.net]
Subject: Re: [kl] K.622 instrumentation dilemma

Its a funny thing, but I never even thought about the instrumentation
for
K622, but my guess at listening to it a zillion times is that it only
uses
strings.

Fred

At 4/15/03 08:25 PM Tuesday, you wrote:
>David Shifrin will be playing K.622 in my town. I've known about this
>for 9 months, and I've debated whether I want to attend because:
>
>The last time that I had a season ticket for the chamber orchestra in
>question, they had only one horn and one trumpet, no other brass. The
>last time that David Shifrin played with them (Copland concerto), the
>instrumentation was miserably unbalanced. The single horn and single
>trumpet busted a collective gut to keep up with the rest of the
>orchestra and the music suffered badly as a result. (this is IMO, of
>course)
>
>So this time, I'm going to ask about the instrumentation before I buy a
>ticket. But my question is:
>
>What *is* a minimm acceptable assortment of brass for K.622? I've
>never paid attention to this question before. I can't remember what
>the Academy of Ancient Music had when Tony Pay played it locally.
I'll
>be $#%!@*--ed if I want to sit through a butchering of Mozart similar
to
>what they did to the Copland.
>
>Thank you,
> Bill
>
>
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