Klarinet Archive - Posting 001221.txt from 2003/04

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Famous Alto or Basset Solos?
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 12:39:19 -0400

Regarding the original of Stravinsky's Symphonies of Winds, it was for
basset horn, not alto clarinet. I played it with the San Diego Symphony
a while back and the instrumentation intrigued me enough to research it.
It was definitely the original and Stravinsky changed it for the 1947
version.

Dan

myke cuthbert wrote:
> Tony@-----.uk [ Apr 26 ]:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:42:13 -0700, leeson0@-----.net said:
>>
>>
>>>I can't comment on alto clarinet solo passages, but the literature has
>>>at least a good dozen major solos for basset horn.
>>
>>[snip of solos]
>>
>>Pity you missed simultaneously dancing and playing the basset horn in
>>Stockhausen's 'Licht', Dan.
>
>
> Ah, but are the tight outfits supposed to distract from the tone of
> the 6 leger line notes or vice versa?
>
> As far as alto clarinet solos, if memory serves, the original version
> of Stravinsky's "Symphonies of Wind Instruments" has several extended
> duets for alto clarinet and flute. These are rewritten for Bb clar +
> fl. in the 1947 version. {interestingly, the New Grove reports a 1945
> version w/o clarinets! I've never heard of this one}. Also among
> Stravinsky's work, the miniature "Elegy for JFK" for Mezzo-soprano and
> 3 clarinets (Bb, Bb, Alto) has some wonderful alto clarinet writing.
>
>
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