Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2008/12

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Gran Partitta, again, Part 3
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:49:38 -0500

Was this because he played a German-fingered instrument. I don't
believe I've ever seen an alto with Oehler type fingering; on the
other hand when I was in Wuppertal in the early sixties there were
basset horns in the opera orchestra even then; also at a performance
of the Mozart Requiem I heard in Solingen about the same time.
Martin
On 19 Dec 2008, at 16:52, Joseph Wakeling wrote:

> Bear Woodson wrote:
>> 1) The Gran Partitta is a gorgeous work, worthy of many
>> performances all over the world, but Basset Horns are still
>> Rare and Expensive.
>
> It's not _necessarily_ the case that alto clarinets are easier to get
> hold of than basset horns. A piece I played recently in Switzerland
> with the Orchestre d'Harmonie de Fribourg (Harmonie = wind orchestra)
> had an important alto clarinet part, but the player found it easier to
> obtain a basset horn.
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