Klarinet Archive - Posting 000128.txt from 2006/07

From: Sean Osborn <feanor33@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Santa Fe Opera
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:49:29 -0400


> Is it usual in pro productions to have basset horn
>"specialists" in addition to the soprano clarinet
>players? I seem to recall (though I may be mistaken)
>that the Met Opera production only had two
>clarinetists - presumably, Jim Ognibene played soprano
>& basset horn. But again, I may be wrong.

As pointed out, it's common for the clarinettists to double, as they did at
the Met. The scoring for Salome is as follows: Two A clarinets (usually
done by first and second), Two Bb Clarinets (the second Bb doesn't play for
quite a while), Eb Clarinet, and Bass. There is a reduced orchestration
for two A players to double Bb for a short while, plus Eb and Bass, making
for a section of four.

Elektra: Eb, Four Bb, two Basset Horns, Bass.

All three operas are great!

Sean Osborn,
Met Opera, retired.

www.osbornmusic.com

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