Klarinet Archive - Posting 000363.txt from 2005/06

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset clarinets are regular orchestral instruments
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:11:40 -0400

In a message dated 6/20/2005 6:21:11 PM Central Daylight Time,
agrenci@-----.com writes:

<<I would submit that what precipitated the purchase of a low C bass for
MOST players at
that time was the increasing popularity of such works as listed above
with professional performing ensembles, leading to the professional
necessity of owning the instrument.>>

Andy - I agree with everything you say. Here's one more perspective. I took
almost every bass clarinet audition in the 70's. (Chicago twice, Cincinnati,
Milwaukee, Chicago Lyric, etc..) Almost every one required you to play the
solo from the Khachaturian Piano Concerto.

So, if you didn't have a low C, you couldn't audition!

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetXpress.com
World-class clarinet mouthpieces

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