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Author: Bassclar84
Date: 2005-07-14 15:01
Hey all,
this has probably been discussed before but I'm looking for a few more solos for my college senior recital. I'm already playing Ballade by Bozza, Piece en Forme... by Ravel, Sonata by Marcello. Anyone have any suggestions of what else to add? I played the hindemith last semester so that one's out and I'm not really into modern music.
Thanks,
Laura
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-07-14 15:36
Why not play something you like that was written for soprano clarinet, but play it on the bass clarinet? You'd really open up your available choices that way.
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Author: Gardini
Date: 2005-07-14 19:26
The Bach Cello suites could be pretty cool on bass. My teacher just loaned me his copy for me to try and transpose.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-07-14 20:06
Schoeck, "Sonata"
Perhaps you could find something in Rhoades "Ten Solos for Concert and Contest."
Monti, "Csardas" (a humorous ending is possible if your instrument only ranges to low Eb)
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: diz
Date: 2005-07-15 00:21
Hate to disagree with Don Poulsen (and please Don I mean no disrespect to you) ... but music written for string instruments and then transcribed to wind instruments just does not work unless the arrangement is done by the composer (Brahms' two sonatas spring to mind here).
Bach was a master when it came to understanding just how an instrument work ... regardless of what it was (violin, bassoon, harpsichord, oboe da caccia etc).
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2005-07-15 13:32
Can you snoop out what the judges think about transcriptions, before you decide what to play? I have those Alea Publishing transcriptions of Bach and I think they're excellent, but some teachers and judges might be bass clarinet patriots who want to hear nothing but music composed especially for that instrument. Worse, they might be Bach purists. My piano teacher (about a hundred years ago) wouldn't assign me any Bach or Scarlatti because he thought it was wrong to play harpsichord pieces on the piano. He made allowances for fortepiano pieces, but I'll bet that as a contest judge, he would have given grief to any student who prepared a harpsichord piece. If you prepare Bach for a judge who agrees with the comment above by diz, you might torpedo your chances.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-07-15 15:23
Lelia,
This is for a senior college recital, not a competition. In any case, given the fact that Laura's list, doesn't have a single piece originally written for the bass clarinet and the fact that Marcello is, except for a shorter life, almost an exact contemporary of Bach, I suspect that transcriptions are not a problem.
Laura,
I'm a little surprised that your program hasn't given you more exposure to repertoire for your instrument. In any case, here are a couple of places you might go for additional ideas:
http://gradedmusic.ihigh.com/form.php
Check the "A" option. Set "Sort by" to event.
When the list comes up scroll down to "bass clarinet solo."
http://www.luybenmusic.com/category.asp?section=Eb+Soprano%2C+Alto%2C+Bass+Clarinet&category=MUSIC+for+BASS+CLARINET
http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Composers/Instrumentation/000871.html
Looking at this last list reminded me of Erland von Koch's "Monolog 3" for solo clarinet (but the composer says it can be played on any kind of clarinet). It's 20th century but very tonal and uses no modern techniques. Musical but not overly difficult from a technical standpoint. I think you would like it.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2005-07-15 15:44
Hey, I didn't offer an opinion on the transcriptions. I just said they were available, so no apology is really necessary from Diz.
Unfortunately, Bach isn't around to do the transcriptions himself and if he had done them, they might have turned out differently, but I feel the question as to whether they work can only be answered by the listener or performer.
Regarding Lelia's piano teacher who thought it wrong to play Bach's harpsicord pieces on a piano, I find this somewhat ironic because, in my opinion, Bach's pieces are generally more transposable to different instrumentations than are nearly any other composer's. (There may be exceptions.) I enjoy a CD I have entitled "Blues on Bach" where some of his better known pieces are interpretted on instruments such as a vibraphone, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to purists.
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Author: lowclarinetman
Date: 2005-07-15 17:30
Good solo pieces for recitals this is a short list since i don't have a lot of time and i am only including pieces that are easily findable
i am giving moderatly to challenging works only as it is for a senior recital
Isang yun - Monologue
Donatoni- soft (thoguh mike lowenstern website since it has ceased to be published)
Fernyhough - time and motion study #1
evan ziporyn - tsmindao ghmerto for bass clarinet/singer slightly diffcult to figure out but also very fun and effective in recitals.. slughtly expensive at 60 bucks from his web site
for pieces with piano
slukka sonata originally for cello but transcribed for bass clarinet for horak beautiful piece
the schoek is wonderful as well
ragae by i forget at the moment.. look at the donemus catalogue
for piano and electronic tape - listening Ears by ton brunel (very effective piece written for sparnaay)
electronic pieces
chimaera by enrique raxatch(from donemus, has a ton of music for bass clarinet, availlable from presser in the states but it takes a long time)
spasm by michael lowenstern
king friday by michael lowenstern
but would she remember you by michael lowenstern
if none of these sastify you contact me via email and we cna discuss exactly what you are lookign for in a solo and i can lead you in some directions to find pieces.
best of luck
bob
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-07-15 19:42
What's the word on Mephistophelese by Norman Heim, published by Dorn?
Bob Phillips
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Author: DougR
Date: 2005-07-19 11:58
I'm attaching a link for a cd by German bass clarinetist Renate Rusch--there's some solo repertoire given on the contents listing for the cd, but what made me think of it in relation to your post is that she includes a version of the Messaien Abyss of the Birds that is quite effective on bass. (the link is the first one Google coughed up; I'm sure there are others, but I didn't look)
good luck & I'd be curious to know what you settle on!!
best
Doug R
http://www.flmusicservice.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=FMS&Product_Code=SOLO1942
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Author: diz
Date: 2005-07-19 22:20
Have you thought about talking to a young, aspiring composer and comissioning a series of pieces?
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: Bassclar84
Date: 2005-07-20 19:28
Thank you all for the suggestions. I will look into them. Has anyone ever played or heard Sonata by Kibbe? I found it in my collection and played through it a bit but am unsure if there might be something better. Also, has anyone played Deepwood? I can't remember who it's by but it's off of Wind Music Plus.
Thanks,
Laura
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-07-20 19:46
Diz,
were Brahms' sonatas written for viola first and then transcribed for clarinet (as I think the logic of you post would indicate) or the other way around?
What would you say about Sedlak's transcription of Beethoven's 7th for wind "harmonie?"
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Author: lowclarinetman
Date: 2005-07-21 15:14
kibbe sonate is very easy and sorta immature... i have my high school bass clarinet players do it...
check out some of the more "real" rep that i posted.... btw almost everything i posted requires a low c extension
a wonderful solo piece are the 3 brazillian walzes by F. mignon... originally for basson.. transcribed by Henri bok with permission of the composer.
good luck with ur search
bob
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