Klarinet Archive - Posting 000579.txt from 2003/07

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] K.622 final measure
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:30:32 -0400

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:40:49 -0700 (PDT), ormondtoby@-----.net said:

> Do editions agree on whether the basset horn...

Basset clarinet?

> ...plays prominently during the final descending run,

Which run is this?

> or is this another 'unknown' on which various editions disagree?

You'll have to clarify what you mean.

There is no basis for any conclusive editiorial decision on the matter
of how much the clarinet plays, despite the various editions, because we
have no MS apart from the Winterthur fragment -- in which admittedly
there is a solo part written throughout, including the tuttis.

Different players interpret that -- if they've ever seen it or heard of
it, that is -- in different ways. The overwhelming consensus is to go
along with the various editors and to play *nothing* in the tuttis. And
certainly (and I suggest with good reason), AFAIK no one plays
throughout with the orchestra, as might seem to be implied by the MS --
though Chris Hogwood once tried to persuade me to.

However, I do myself join the orchestra in a few passages, and one of
those is the last 3 bars of the piece, plus upbeat.

Tony
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