Author: ALOMARvelous12
Date: 2004-03-30 22:43
The overture to Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld has a very important clarinet part, including a lenghty cadenza for the principal.
The piece starts in the key of G. Then, there's a section in E. Lastly, the can-can finale is in D.
What's the proper instrument for the overture, B-flat clarinet (the keys would be A, F#, E) or A clarinet (Bb, G, F).
Looking at the keys you'd be playing in, though playing it on the Bflat involves fingerings that are much more 'fun', an A definately seems much easier. However, watching my tape of this past New Year's Eve broadcast with the NY Philharmonic, Nuccio appears to be playing the piece on a Bflat. Also, we're playing the piece at school and I'm playing the Bflat clarinet.
And about the cadenza... what are the first notes of the solo, in concert pitch? The score I play from has it starting on E (con D) and holding it for a while before doing up the arpeggio. However, on the mid files i've dl'ed, it starts on E (con D), then goes down a half step to Eb (con C#, which of course would go out of range on a bflat clarinet) before going up the arpeggio.
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