Klarinet Archive - Posting 000161.txt from 2009/04

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Recommendation for Clarinet Duet
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:44:17 -0400

Re Martin's recommendation for clarinet duet:

The Mozart basset horn duets he mentioned are not for basset horns. They
are for French horns. The can be played as duets for many instruments, but
they are supposed to be played by French horns.

Dan Leeson

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From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Cc: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Recommendation for Clarinet Duet

> "Poker" by Perluigi Alessandrini is also worth a look. I haven't played
> it myself but I heard a good student duo working on it and I thought it
> sounded interesting; after all the repertoire for this combination is
> limited. Is the concert to be purely clarinet duo?
> If so I hope you aren't ignoring the Mozart basset horn duets;
> technically they are easy but there is more musical subtlety than meets
> the eye. I wouldn't play them all but a pleasant Serenade/ Divertimento
> can be produced by selecting 4 or 5 of them.
> Martin
>
> On 29 Apr 2009, at 14:53, Thiel, Mark wrote:
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>> I haven't played it (it's on my list of stuff to buy) but Crosstalk by
>> Richard Rodney Bennett looks and sounds intriguing and I think more
>> audience-friendly than the Poulenc. You can kind of see the score at
>> http://www.freehandmusic.com/productdetail.aspx?prodid=345096
>> There are some sound clips of this somewhere out on the web but I can't
>> find them now.
>>
>> Good luck and tell us what you find,
>> Mark Thiel
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am looking for a recommendation for a clarinet duet, either (2) Bb
>>> or (1) Bb and (1) A) for a chamber music concert, with the following
>>> guidelines:
>>>
>>>
>> . . .
>>>
>>> Shannon McNeely
>>>
>>
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