Klarinet Archive - Posting 000286.txt from 2006/10

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tchaikovsky 6th Question
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:12:08 -0400

Jim,
It is indeed a bassoon line. If memory serves, it was originally a
bass clar. line but noone bothers to bring in a bass clar. just for 4
notes, so the bassoon gets it. Unfortunately, the dynamics make it an
awkward fit. Bassoons just don't start on low notes pianissimo so the
clarinet must play much louder than marked in order to dovetail with
the bassoon. I THINK that some recordings have a bass clarinet and it
is possible that the big orchestras, who have a bass player on staff,
use it.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Oct 19, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Jim Lytthans wrote:

> I have a question regarding the use of bass clarinet in the
> Tchaikovsky "Pathetique". symphony. We're doing it on the next
> concert, and I have played it many times. I remember the bass
> clarinet, not the bassoon, playing the last four notes in measure 160,
> at the end of the clarinet solo, just before the Allegro Vivo in the
> 1st movement. Several recordings I have of the work use bass clarinet
> also, but I can't seem to locate a bass part. I know the four notes in
> question are an easy substitution, but I can't see the player sitting
> on stage for just four notes. Any suggestions?
>
> Jim Lytthans
> Anaheim, CA
>
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