Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2006/05

From: "Geoff & Sherryl-Lee Secomb" <gsecomb@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hansel And Gretel Ballet
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:34:14 -0400

My very first professional gig was to sit of stage and play the 64 (?)
cuckoo calls required at some point during the opera. I ended up reading the
score for the stage manager so he could cue everything accurately, as he
didn't read music!
All good fun.
Geoff.

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From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:12 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Hansel And Gretel Ballet

> Two clarinets are used for Hansel and Gretel. There may be a bass
> clarinet, but every time I played it, there was none. It is a
> magnificent work that is simply a joy to play. People often make
> remarks sayings that it is second rate Wagner, but I think that
> is putting down something simply because it is approachable and
> clear, the very opposite of the Wagner operas.
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> The orchestration is wonderful, the melodies grand, and there is
> a lot of work to do.
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> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WLEEWOOD@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:47 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Hansel And Gretel Ballet
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> Does anyone know what the clarinet requirements are for the
> Hansel And
> Gretel ballet? Our church orchestra has been requested to play
> by the Birmingham
> Ballet.
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