Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 2008/05

From: -----Original Message----- Don Christensen
Subj: 2008 12:08 AM To: klarinet@-----.org [kl] Performance of the
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 00:09:12 -0400

Dan,

I found 19th century Breitkopf parts in Z=FCrich - in the =20
Zentralbibliothek if memory serves. I made a score from these and used =20=

them for some performances in Germany. Then a colleague suggested that =20=

I transcribe it for band, so I did. Bands I have done it with have =20
always liked it since it is cleverly composed, contains the "Country =20
Gardens" theme, and is the only concerto I know of for 4 solo =20
clarinets and orchestra (or in this case band).

Don Christensen

P.S. One of the soloists, Howard Harris (former Goldman Band player, =20
etc.), says that he once played through the Schindelmeisser with you =20
many years ago. He says that without you he would have never heard of =20=

the piece.

> Very exciting news, Don. But tell me what you mean when you say =20
> that the
> arrangement you intend to use was transcribed from the original =20
> orchestral
> parts? As far as I am aware, the original orchestral parts did not =20=

> survive
> the 19th century, and the only set of parts that are available were =20=

> done by
> a German in the 1960s. I owned a set of those parts that I =20
> purchased from
> the arranger, and eventually donated them to the clarinet library of =20=

> the
> ICS.
>
> Dan Leeson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Christensen [mailto:don@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:08 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Performance of the Schindelmeisser Concerto in Brooklyn,
> NY with Band
>
> Dear Clarinet Colleagues,
>
> You are cordially invited to the Spring concert of the Brooklyn
> College Conservatory Wind Ensemble on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 pm in
> Whitman Hall on the campus of Brooklyn College. Along with works by
> Bernstein, Piston, Grainger, and others will be a performance of the
> Schindelmeisser Concerto for 4 solo clarinets with wind ensemble
> (transcribed from the original orchestral parts).
>
> Soloists are Kenny Advokat, Lauren Del Re, Howard Harris, and Cindy
> Christensen.

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