Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 2009/02

From: "James Risdon" <jrisdon@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Performed on Clarinet
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:48:17 -0500

Michael,

I only listened to it once, so could easily have been wrong. Maybe they
just went out of my frequency range...
Thanks for the info. What impressed me as much as the high notes was the
huge sound in the lower register, I am assuming he was heavily miked up
Cheers, James

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Nichols [mailto:mrn.clarinet@-----.com]
Sent: 19 February 2009 04:17
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Performed on Clarinet

I forgot to mention...those stratospherically high notes he's playing
are E's at concert pitch. If he's playing the piece on a Bb clarinet
(and it looks like he is, as far as I can tell from trying to look at
his fingers--it's really hard to get a good look), that means he's
actually playing a written F#!

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