Klarinet Archive - Posting 000273.txt from 2005/06

From: Nathan Friedman <nathanfriedman@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet Competitions and Unaccompanied Solo Clarinet Pieces
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:15:50 -0400

And of course you can't forget "l'Abime des oiseaux" from the Quartet for
the End of Time by Messaien.

Nathan Friedman
"Music is life, and like it, inextinguishable."
Carl Nielsen's motto for his Symphony No. 4

----- Original Message -----
From: "Juline Wilson" <juline2100@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet Competitions and Unaccompanied Solo Clarinet
Pieces

> 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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