Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 2008/03

From: "Harold Smith" <s3856lpa@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Difficult orchestra repertory for Bb
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:47:02 -0400

To: Peofessor Foss,

Might you be related to the late Sterling Foss, an excellent saxophonist, with whom I served when I was in the Air Force some 50-plus years ago?

Also, while we're on the subject, how about the Rimsky-Korsakoff "Capriccio Espagnol" for a very florid and active Bb clarinet solo role?

Regards.
Harold

-----Original Message-----
From: billfoss47@-----.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:24 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Difficult orchestra repertory for Bb

How about the Mendelssohn Italian Symphony 3. Con moto moderato ? I have played
this in several professional orchestras. Sometimes the clarinet parts were in
"A" and sometimes in "Bb" which would make for an interesting story twist that
the version being performed had Bb clarinet parts.

--
Bill Foss
U.S. Army Retired
USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
Aiken Prep, Director of Bands

-------------- Original message from "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>: --------------

> 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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