Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2008/07

From: "Keith" <bowenk@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Eb/bass clarinet part carmina burana
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:27:19 -0400

Hmmm, when the picc and the eefer start to collaborate, the rest of the =
band
really is in trouble!

Keith Bowen

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> Subject: [kl] Re: Eb/bass clarinet part carmina burana
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> David Glenn asks about this doubling; I've done it a couple of times,
> and as I recall, the Eb is by far the more prominent part, so I
> favoured that and only switched to bass where it was exposed. I
> remember that towards the middle or end of the piece there are=A0a =
couple
> of arias with *long* held tones in the bass (like semi-breves) that =
are
> sort of solo-ish. There was a bit of challenge in figuring out where =
to
> breathe, to both keep going physically, but not disrupt the musical
> line. I always enjoy roasting the swan on Eb, but get together with =
the
> piccolo player first to sort out the long unisons!
> Have fun,
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