Klarinet Archive - Posting 000079.txt from 2008/03

From: "Mark Greeley" <mark4muzik@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Difficult orchestra repertory for Bb
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:32:14 -0400

The first movement is in Bb, the 2nd is in A, the 3rd is in Bb, the
4th is in C and the 5th and final movement is in Eb for the 1st part
and C for the 2nd.

-Mark

On 3/12/08, Curtis Bennett <curtis.bennett@-----.com> wrote:
> 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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