Klarinet Archive - Posting 000446.txt from 2004/09

From: davidglenn@-----.de
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Spohr's first concerto
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:07:18 -0400

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> Von :: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
> An :: klarinet@-----.org
> Betreff: Re: [kl] Spohr's first concerto
> Datum: 25/09/2004

> On 23 Sep, "rien stein" <rstein@-----.nl> wrote:
>
> > I have a question about the first concerto of Spohr: In he first part.
> > Between letter E and F, after the triplets, he has a passage in 16th
> notes,
> > in th first four bars of which every second note is a c. My question
> refers
> > to the fifth bar of this passage, bar 175 to be exact. Here Spohr
> wrote
> > a-f-a-c f-c-f-a. I wonder whether this last c shouln't be also an
> a, as
> > in the next two runs he also writes an a, which in my feeling is much
> more
> > logically.
>
> But then there's too much third in the chord at that point. Certainly
> the
> melody we're accompanying has a concert G at the top, and an Eb at the
> bottom. I can't remember, and don't have a score to hand, whether there's
> a
> Bb *at all* at that point in the orchestra -- the piano reduction is just
> Eb
> and G -- but if not, we definitely need our written C, sounding Bb.
>
> Actually, I've always liked this whole passage; and I think that's partly
> because all the arpeggiated chords are 'complete' -- so, sorry, I much
> prefer
> the C.
>
> Tony
> --
> _________ Tony Pay
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hi Rien!
Just happen to have a score at hand. The measure in question is numbered 174 in Bärenreiter pocket score.
Fl have half note, G, G
Ob. half notes Bb, Eb
Bsn G quarter, Eb half
Horn Eb, Eb quarter, rest
cello and bass: Eb quarter, rest
All the notes of the chord are present with sounding G2 and G3 being prominent (flutes) and Bb1 in second oboe. Playing written A1 would be adding a third octave albeit only for a 16th but I also see no need to improve Spohr here.
Enjoy the great piece, Rien!
Best,
David

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