Klarinet Archive - Posting 000854.txt from 2004/01

From: "Keith" <100012.1302@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Orchestral Rep Suggestions
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:38:56 -0500

Gary

It sounds like the orchestra I play in, the Cobweb orchestra in the =
North of
England, run by composer/conductor Andy Jackson for the Northern =
Sinfonia.
The philosophy is that players turn up whenever they can. Some come
regularly to the weekly rehearsals, some to the weekend workshops, some =
to
special concerts. A different model, with surprisingly good results. =
Andy
composes and arranges furiously for the orchestra and has a lot of =
library
stuff now, which he will quite likely be willing to share. One piece =
which
goes well in your combination is his arrangement of Purcell, Abdelazar's
Revenge. He also has some cool clarinet quartet music. Another item is a
bass clarinet concerto, written for the orchestra by member Stephanie =
Cant,
a music teacher at Durham University, which I had the pleasure of =
performing
on a residential course in Italy last year. Since we often lack =
bassoons, I
am getting good at transposing bass clef C parts to the bass clarinet!

Other ideas: Bizet Symphony in C, Beethoven 1, 2, or 4, Brahms St =
Anthony
Variations, Rossini overtures

The web site is http://www.cobweborchestra.freeserve.co.uk/ and Andy is
contactable through that. Mention me.

Keith Bowen

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> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:32:22 -0800
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
> Subject: Orchestral Rep Suggestions
> Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20040129111803.03ac2c60@-----.sneezy.org>
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> I play in an orchestra at our community college. The=20
> orchestra has a new=20
> director (they just were authorized two additional full-time=20
> positions) who=20
> has not conducted an orchestra before (he is a professional=20
> bass player).
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> Because the orchestra currently meets in the late afternoon,=20
> instead of the=20
> evening, the instrumentation is not ideal. The strings are=20
> reasonably well=20
> balanced and are mostly better high school players with a few=20
> adults. The=20
> winds (all adults) are pretty limited (they get more people=20
> to come in just=20
> before a concert). For most rehearsals we have 2 clarinets,=20
> 1-2 flutes,=20
> oboe, and horn.
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> Does anyone have some suggestions for repertoire that would be worth=20
> reading with this group? Not all the parts would necessarily=20
> have to be=20
> covered. I would hope we could find a few things from the=20
> 19th and 20th=20
> centuries.
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> Thanks,
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> Gary
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