Klarinet Archive - Posting 000162.txt from 2009/04

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Recommendation for Clarinet Duet
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:42:07 -0400

Dan,
I have never been convinced that the K487 (or K496a) duets were for
French Horns. I have heard arguments, with supplementary evidence, on
both sides. Grove accepts the possibility that they were for
bassethorns. They also tend to sound laboured on French horns and
since the use of hand stopping to correct the out of tune harmonics
was not general until Beethoven's time (according to Bate) I can't
see that using waldhorner was Mozart's intention. Perhaps you can
supply evidence.
Martin

On 29 Apr 2009, at 18:44, Dan Leeson wrote:

> 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
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 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
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>
>> "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:
>>
>>> 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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