Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2009/02

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brahms Clarinet Quintet *in C minor*
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:01:52 -0500

Ugh. I would think the piece would loose a lot of its character with the
switch of clarinets.

Gary

Simon Aldrich wrote:
> I am playing the Brahms Quintet in an upcoming concert.
> The violist in my group owns a set of string parts that is transposed up
> a semitone into C minor, the rationale being the piece is less beastly
> for the strings in C minor than B minor. The clarinetist plays the same
> clarinet part (same printed notes) but on Bb clarinet.
> The arrangement is by a P.X. Laube, copyright 1942 by Cundy-Bettoney.
>
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