Klarinet Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2007/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Who whacked the 2nd clarinet?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:36:13 -0400

How about Mozart Sym. #39? The Trio (in the 3rd mvt.) has a wonderful
second clarinet part which is vital to the piece but could easily be
covered by the bassoon.

Fred Jacobowitz

Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
Ebony and Ivory Duo
On Jun 12, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Lelia Loban wrote:

> I need some help with a short-short mystery I'm writing, in which the
> second clarinet player in an orchestra fails to take the stage after
> intermission. The musicians don't know (yet) why he's missing. The
> concert proceeds without him. After the concert, he's found murdered,
> backstage.
>
> What I need is a suggestion for an orchestral work, long enough and
> important enough for the second half of a concert (a symphony or a
> ballet
> suite, for instance), in which a second clarinet is necessary but,
> without
> more than a couple minutes' notice, a different wind player would be
> able
> to pick up the missing man's instrument and cover his part, or at
> least the
> parts of his part where a missing second clarinet would be a
> conspicuous
> problem. In other words, the other instrument's score has rests or is
> expendable whenever the second clarinet really needs to be audible.
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanx!
> Lelia Loban
>
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