Klarinet Archive - Posting 000365.txt from 2004/09

From: "Ken Wolman" <kwolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tosca...
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:55:15 -0400

I've played the part out of the Ben Armato book, it is absolutely sublime, but
for the life of me--sitting 44 miles from the sheet music--I can't remember
whether it's marked for a Bb or an A. I play everything on the Bb anyway
because there's nobody around me to tell me to transpose 300 accidentals into
450:-). It's fun to play, and it's a lot easier than the introduction to Act
III of La Forza del Destino. THAT is a monster.

If the player seemed to be on the wrong instrument, maybe the tenor was
transposing (though NOBODY would ever do THAT!!!!) or the clarinetist was doing
some really fancy fingering because he indeed had the wrong instrument.

Would the singer have a name recognizable to reasonable with-it opera people or
is he one of those "watch this guy's star" and hope it really happens for him?

Not like I'm singling anyone out, but Sean, if you're there, you played this
stuff for years, insights would be great.

Ken

Benjamin Maas wrote:

> No, not the new Buffet, but the opera...
>
> I have been looking for my part and can't seem to find it to answer this
> question.
>
> The big solo in "E lucevan le stelle"-- is it written for A or B-flat... I
> just recorded a performance of it and something seems strange about the
> clarinet solo as it was performed, but I cannot put my finger on it. I'm
> wondering if it was played on the wrong instrument... The vocalist in this
> performance was sublime but it was with a college orchestra and I didn't see
> doubles in the clarinet section...
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Ben
>
> Benjamin Maas
> Fifth Circle Audio
> Los Angeles, CA
> http://www.fifthcircle.com
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