Klarinet Archive - Posting 000072.txt from 2007/06

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Who whacked the 2nd clarinet?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:48:39 -0400

In a message dated 6/12/2007 8:14:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
lelialoban@-----.net writes:
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. >>

Lelia, this kind of situation happened to me in real life, back when I was
playing in the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.

In the first half we played a piece that required four clarinets (Strauss
probably). The second clarinet player looked ill, but was able to continue. At
intermission, he went offstage and began puking his guts out from food
poisoning. The Eb player was not required in the second half, and was able to take
over for the now missing second clarinet player, who was whisked off to the
hospital.

Not to fear, the second player recovered fully and played on for many years

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com.

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