Klarinet Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2008/03

From: "Curtis Bennett" <curtis.bennett@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Difficult orchestra repertory for Bb
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:53:40 -0400

I'll repeat my suggestion for another fiction writer on here, and
suggest Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique - but I have no idea if it was
scored for Bb or A clarinets.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Lelia Loban <lelialoban@-----.net> wrote:
> Cross-posted on the Bulletin Board....
>
> For a (fictional) scene set in 1916, I need advice on what orchestral piece
> would be extremely difficult for the first clarinet in a major, professional
> orchestra. Here's the tricky bit: For reasons that would take too long to
> explain here, this music written before 1916 has to be for Bb
> clarinet--originally scored for the Bb, not for clarinet in A but not old
> enough to have been written for basset clarinet.
>
> A big, splashy, late 19th century piece would be perfect if it's got an
> exposed solo for Bb clarinet. I'd like something fiendish, the type of thing
> where, if there's anything wrong with the clarinet, the first chair player
> is in Godzilla-sized trouble. Thanks very much for any suggestions!
>
> Lelia Loban
>
>
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