Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2005/06

From: Juline Wilson <juline2100@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Competitions and Unaccompanied Solo Clarinet Pieces
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:24:07 -0400

Peter,

Here are a few pieces for unaccompanied clarinet:

-Capriccio by Sutermeister
-Un Seul by Kalman Opperman (not too difficult, but I
really like the piece)
-Rhapsody by Osborn
-Dancing Solos by Libby Larsen

Juline

--- Peter Mika <pmika@-----.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had a comprehensive list
> of clarinet
> competitions as well as a list of great
> unaccompanied solo clarinet
> pieces? I'm looking to expand my repetoire list this
> summer and am not
> terribly knowledgeable of the more recent
> contemporary solo clarinet
> works out there that are GOOD and tend to show up at
> competitions
> (hopefully these two restrictions aren't mutually
> exclusive). Part of
> the issue is that there are so many pieces for solo
> clarinet out there,
> that without being able to either get a hold of a
> recording or the music
> itself there is no way of telling good music from
> crap. To avoid telling
> me something I already know, I have below a list of
> works already on my
> list that I have either played or have heard and
> know to be good.
>
> Bassett - Soliloquies
> Berio - Sequenza 9
> Smith - Five pieces
> Martino - Set pieces (don't particularly like the
> piece, but if you can
> play it well you automatically qualify as a baddass
> clarinetist in my
> book :-)
> Stravinsky - Three Pieces
> Rosza
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter

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