Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 2007/01

From: "Keith Bowen" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Big surprise (for me at least)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:19:07 -0500

Yes! I want it!

Keith

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> Subject: [kl] Big surprise (for me at least)
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> One of the glories of 19th century romantic music is the
> Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat, Op. 20 for double string quartet.
> That Mendelssohn wrote this incredible piece when he was 16 or 17
> is a violation of nature, but he did. It even precedes the
> composition of the scherzo from the Midsummer Nights Dream,
> that's how young he was he tossed it off.
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> Imagine my surprise when I saw in today's NY TImes (1/16/07) an
> advertisement for a concert on Jan. 23 at 8 pm at the Peter Jay
> Sharp Theater, a program called "Woodwind Soir=E9e" and containing
> the Mendelssohn octet for a woodwind combination of pairs of
> flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns; i.e., a double
> wind quintet. That's clever. (There is a lot more at that wind
> concert including the Janacek Mladi, the Beethoven variations on
> La ci darem la mano, for two oboes and an English horn [which
> works splendidly for two C clarinets and basset horn], the Glinka
> trio path=E9tique, and two pieces unknown to me, Thomas Kessler's
> Unisono, and the Poulenc trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano, op.
> 43.)
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> I have no idea how this thing is going to work out because the
> Mendelssohn is very much a string work, but I hope that whoever
> arranged it knew what s/he was doing.
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> There is no information about the arranger, publisher (if it is
> published at all), but somehow Julliard is involved because the
> tickets are available from them for free!! Listen to who is
> playing the piece:
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> Flutes: Carol Wincence, LIssie Okopny
> Oboes: Stephen Taylor, Anna Stelenpohl
> Clarinets: Charles Neidich, Nicholas Gallas
> Bassoons: Marc Goldberg, Robyn Jutrys
> Horns: William Purvis, Tianxia Wu
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> Except for Charlie Neidich, Marc Goldberg, and Bill Purvis, I am
> not familiar with the players, but it could be a faculty/student
> combination, and it has been a while since I knew the NY players.
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> But the Mendelssohn octet for double wind
> quintet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that is something.
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> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
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