Klarinet Archive - Posting 000095.txt from 2009/08

From: "Allen J. Levin, Esq." <alevin@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mendelssohn Overture in C for Winds
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:18:05 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:
> Unless it has been replaced, the modern band version was done by
> Richard Franko Goldman. Either the work is a poor composition or else
> the Goldman arrangement makes it sound like cold glue mixed with sludge.
>
> Try Schirmer (or whoever inherited it). They used to carry a big
> Mendelssohn section in their rental catalog.
>
> Dan Leeson
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> ---- Original Message ----- From: "David B. Niethamer"
> <dnietham@-----.edu>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:12 AM
> Subject: [kl] Mendelssohn Overture in C for Winds
>
>
>> Hello all - sporry for the cross posting here and on the BBoards,
>> but not everyone sees both.
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>> Has anyone here (Tony, Peter C, others) played the Mendelssohn
>> Overture in its original version, which calls for 2 clarinets in F,
>> 2 in C and 2 basset horns in F?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a recording using the original forces? I can't
>> find one in the usual obvious places (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.)
>>
>> I want my U of Richmond students to play this in the "modern" band
>> version, but want to get a sense of the original scoring and sound to
>> guide our rehearsals.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>> David
>>
>> David B. Niethamer
>> dnietham@-----.edu
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There is an excellent recording by the wind sections of one of the
English orchestras. It is not the Goldman arrangement. It is well
worth the listen.

Allen Levin

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