Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 2006/03

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] K622 orchestral parts
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:28:58 -0500

On 13 Mar, "Allan Thompson" <athompson@-----.za> wrote:

> I have the opportunity to perform the Mozart concerto in July, and the
> conductor has asked which edition the orchestra should use. I will be using
> the Bahrenreiter clarinet part, but the local music library has (I think)
> the old breitkopf parts. Is it worth purchasing the bahrenreiter edition,
> or are the various orchestral parts much the same?

I think the new Breitkopf parts do sort out the anomaly that Dan mentions --
but if not, it's just a question of altering the one note in violins and
flutes.

I seem to remember that there's also an issue of where the bass plays/doesn't
play in the slow movement -- watch out that that's right, because the
Baerenreiter version is preferable. (But again, it can be altered quickly in
rehearsal.)

I did buy the Baerenreiter parts for my own use, and I have to say that they
are unsatisfactory for another and very important reason, namely that the
page turns don't work well. Also, though probably this won't concern you,
the horn parts are transposed and written in F, which is a nonsense if you
want to use hand horns in A, as you should in a proper period performance.

Tony
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