Klarinet Archive - Posting 000038.txt from 2007/05

From: Peter Stoll <peterstoll2000@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] Carmina
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 19:47:27 -0400

I've played the piece many times. The bass part has a
few exposed long (as in semi-breve!) notes at one
point, but the star of the section IMHO is the Eb
clarinet. One very fast tutti repeating lick that's
marked all-tongued (you be the judge!) early after the
'overture' section, and then the great trio with
piccolo and solo tenor singing the ballade of the
Roasted Swan. Definitely a good idea to get together
with the piccolo player ahead of the first rehearsal
to sort out all those unisons.

The hardest thing about the rest of it are the
rhythmic changes (one section I remember going back
and forth on and off the beat with repeated single
notes, can take some practice holding your place).
Orff uses a slightly-different way of writing time
signatures, where the top digit is a number, and the
bottom a note value like a dotted quarter. Just takes
a bit of getting used to.

Enjoy the piece!

Peter Stoll

Instructor of Clarinet and Chamber Music,
University of Toronto
Toronto Philharmonia
ERGO ensemble
Talisker Players

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