Klarinet Archive - Posting 000048.txt from 2008/09

From: Simon Aldrich <simonaldrich@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] Re: NY Counterpoint for clarinet choir
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:49:50 -0400

Margaret, thank-you for your response.

> If you buy the score from Boosey, you'll see why the piece can't
> really
> be converted to full clarinet choir (in addition to the copyright
> restrictions.) It's worth doing, though.

This year there are 17 people in McGill University's clarinet choir,
with keeners on contra-alto and contrabass and with all of
McGill's 3 bass clarinets already being used in this ensemble.
In trying to include everyone on his or her instrument (including alto
and Eb)
I am wondering if certain parts in the original instrumentation could
simply be transposed to contrabass, contra-alto, alto and Eb, fleshing
out the sound in the process perhaps.

Someone on another list suggested Gavin Bryars' Three Elegies (a piece
supposedly inspired by New York Counterpoint which has contra and
altos in it).

This is the first time I have conducted a clarinet choir so I am in
unfamiliar territory.

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Simon Aldrich

Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
Artistic Director - Jeffery Summer Concerts
Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

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