Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2004/04

From: "Dan" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Tchaikovsky 6
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 13:51:56 -0500


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From: Mark Miller [mailto:markmiller@-----.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 9:52 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Tchaikovsky 6

Can anyone speak authoritatively about the practice of replacing the
bassoon with bass clarinet for the last four notes before the
development section in the first movement? I may need ammunition to
convince a conductor and a principal bassoon. I am aware of the
practice only from having always heard the piece performed that way. My
apologies if this has been discussed before, but a search of the
archives came up empty.

Mark Miller
markmiller@-----.com
www.markmillermusic.com

First it is true that it is only four notes, but the transition works more
smoothly when the last note of the clarinet solo is doubled by the bass
clarinet. This makes the transition without the slightest break.

Second, there is no authority for doing this but it has become the standard
prace in Russia, the U.S. and most European orchestras. It's a pain in the
neck for the bass clarinetist because there is nothing else to do for 40
minutes.

Dan Leeson

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