Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2008/03

From: "Bill Foss" <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Difficult orchestra repertory for Bb
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:11:27 -0400

Sorry - no relation.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Smith" <s3856lpa@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Difficult orchestra repertory for Bb

> 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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