Klarinet Archive - Posting 000500.txt from 2004/09

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Karl Abel
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:44:05 -0400

You have a complication here. Technically, a work is a sinfonie
concertante if (1) there are more than one soloist, and (2) all
soloists are regular members of the orchestra. For example a
concerto for three pianos is not a sinfonie concertante since the
piano is not a regular orchestral instrument. In Mozart's case
he wrote a concerto for flute and harp (because the harp is not a
regular orchestral player) but he wrote a sinfonie concertante
for violin and viola.

Since the basset horn was never a regular orchestral instrument,
that title is incorrect (assuming that the basset horns were part
of the solo group). Are you able to say what instrument
constituted the solo players? (Remember that the sinfonie
concertante by Haydn has a violin, cello, bassoon, and something
else which slips my mind, plus an entire orchestra supporting
them.)

That is why there is a complication to the work by Karl Abel as
you describe it, not that I know what it is in any case.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Levin [mailto:alevin@-----.net]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:54 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Karl Abel

Last evening I heard part of a broadcast recording of what I
think was a
symphony concertante by Karl Abel. There seemed to be strings,
oboe and
basset horns. The announcer didn't repeat the instrumentation
after the
performance. Anybody out there know what I'm describing?

Allen

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