Klarinet Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2005/04

From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] B's 9th
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 08:34:55 -0400

I'm assuming you mean Beethoven's 9th. There definitely are 2 clarinet parts
in Beethoven's score. Maybe this was a Stravinsky arrangement. ;-)

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Stackpole [mailto:jstackpo@-----.org]
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:45 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] B's 9th
>
>
> Attended a local orchestra's performance of the 9th last night with
> three - count 'em - three choral groups all singing their hearts out.
> Roughly 150 voices (plus four pros up front). Wow.
>
> However, in the program: no clarinet players listed!
>
> Dumb question: is that because the piece isn't scored for clarinet or
> because the local orch "ran out" of clarinet players? The latter, I
> gather, is a problem in general with non-professional groups - the
> conductor, when I was on the Board, kept saying "I could use some more
> [...]" (fill the blank with the instrument of your choice.)
>
> JDStackpole
>
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