Klarinet Archive - Posting 000140.txt from 2010/10
From: Marshall Hughes <Marshall.Hughes@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet and organ (was: Weber concerto No. 1)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:47:07 -0400
Hi Leila,
I wish I had thought of the "Sticky Notes" idea a while ago, when I was playing as part of a combined string group at an Inter-Church function; the practice went off very well but on the day of the performance, the PIPE ORGANIST ( yes that's yelling :-) ) turned up and absolutely drowned everybody else out. I played percussion, so he had a bit more trouble with me ( Snare Drums scare organists :-) ). Thanks for the idea, I may use that sometime. Seriously though, I was quite disappointed for the combined congregation who wouldn't have heard any of the really good music the string group was playing. I have taken up the clarinet since then, but still give the drums an outing occasionally.
All the best from Hobart, Australia
Marshall Hughes Professional Officer.CSL.
University of Tasmania, Private Bag 74 Hobart, Tasmania 7001. Australia.
Ph (03)62261813 Fax (03)62262494 Email Marshall.Hughes@-----.au
Web pages, CSL- http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/csl/pagedetails.asp?lpersonId=4092
Tom Bassett wrote,
>>I've wondered though.. if organ is the better way to go for orchestral
>>reductions. They have the pedals so there can be 3 staves of music, they
>>can sustain pitches, and they have stops for different timbres. If you
>>have a big enough organ, it can probably crank up to the volume of an
>>orchestra too. >>
Yup. And an over-enthusiastic organist playing a pipe organ that's bigger
than big enough can drown out an entire orchestra with the greatest of ease.
Make that two orchestras. And the Navy band.
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All of these can be superb pipes, in the right kind of solo organ music --
say, Franck's "Final," where the general idea is to blow the audience over
backwards. As you identify these bellowing, roaring, screaming monsters,
write "Out of Order" on the little sticky notes and stick them on those stop
knobs. Don't worry, the organist won't suspect a thing. Organists are used
to half the instrument being out of order.
;-)
Lelia Loban
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/Lelia_Loban
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