Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 2005/02

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Clarinet at a Cocktail Party
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:04:40 -0500

The is a pleasant but innocuous arrangement of William
Christopher Handy's "Harlem Blues" for clarinet and string
quartet. I know this to be the case because I donated a copy of
it to the clarinet libary in Maryland (or wherever it is) five
years ago. Alan Balter played it with the Memphis Symphony using
the entire string section.

It has several advantages: Handy's music of course, and the idea
of a semi old jazz arrangement of a blues tune.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Stover [mailto:kasparguy@-----.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:57 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: [kl] Clarinet at a Cocktail Party

Hi list,

So my brother-in-law's engineering company puts on a cocktail
party every
year at an oil convention. In the past they've always hired a
pianist
through a contractor, but this year his bosses want something
different and
don't want to pay to have a piano brought up to the room. So
they were
thinking of something like clarinet and two or three other
instruments.

I've never thought about cocktail parties since I've always
considered that
piano territory. And the fact that they don't want a piano at
all because
of the trouble and added expense makes it even more complicated
thinking of
music.

Anyone have any ideas for light chamber music? clarinet and
winds? strings?
anything?

Thanks,
Daniel

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