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Author: Tom Reeves
Date: 2002-04-20 08:44
I have a recital to do and any ideas of a program would be much appreciated. I have 6 months to prepare the music so any ideas would be much appreciated!
Cheers guys!
Tom
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Author: Katfish
Date: 2002-04-20 13:18
We need more information. What have you played before, what's the recital for, What do you enjoy playing etc.
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Author: Tom Reeves
Date: 2002-04-20 16:00
Hey!
I have played most of the modern sonatas at some point, Poulenc, Hindemith, Arnold, Honneger. Played all the weber works, the mozart and the two brahms sonatas. I have also played the Messager Solo de Concours.
Thanks
Tom
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Author: Heidi
Date: 2002-04-20 16:31
Hello Tom,
I just had my Jr. recital 2 days ago. I played _Six Studies in English Folk Song_ by R. Vaughn-Williams, _Time Pieces_ by R. Mucyznski, and Hindemith Sonata. The audience really enjoyed the Vaughn-Williams. It is deceptively difficult, but very beautiful. I would suggest that one as a crowd pleaser. The Mucyznski is alot of fun, but also the most amount of work I've had to do to prepare a piece, both in getting it with the piano and learning it on my own. I would suggest any of these, they're both alot of fun.
Good luck!
Heidi
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-04-20 17:56
Tom...My favorite early nineteenth century clarinet work is beautiful and passionate "Duo for Clarinet and Piano" by Norbert Burgmüller.
Most people do not know of Burgmüller, as he was a relatively unknown composer who lived most of his life in poverty. Tragically, he died at the age of 26 from epilepsy. His death, however did not go unnoticed by many of the leading composers of the era, especially Schumann who commented on this sudden loss to the music world...GBK
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Author: Rob Bell
Date: 2002-04-21 16:59
Thanks! I have a recording of the Duo by burgmuller (emma johnson and gordon back). I haven't just listened to it and i feel it is deffinetly worth persuing!
Thanks for reminding me of such a brilliant work!
Rob
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Author: Katfish
Date: 2002-04-21 22:16
I like the Martinu Sonatine. Also the Spohr Concertos, 5 Pieces by William O. Smith and New York Counterpoint by Steve Reich.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-04-21 23:17
Speaking of neglected composers - have you thought about Krommer (he was Czech - the Germans had difficulty with his name's pronounciation and it ended up being Anglicized somewhat - Krommer-Krammer is a notable and puzzling variant), he wrote some wonderful music for clarinet.
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Author: Kat
Date: 2002-04-24 00:57
Two of my favorite recital pieces: Capriccio by Heinrich Sutermeister, and the Sonatina by Miklos Rosza. Both are for unaccompanied clarinet, and both are really really neat!
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Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-04-24 01:57
Bernstein Sonata, hindemith Sonata and of course the Ireland Fantasy Sonata....maybe try the Busoni concertino?
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Author: stale
Date: 2002-04-24 17:55
If you like Brahms and you have a good accompanist, check out the Reger sonatas. They're lovely, and more of a musical challenge than a technical one (for the clarinetist -- the pianist has her hands full!)
There's always the Stravinsky Three Pieces....
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Author: Daniel
Date: 2002-04-28 06:56
One piece that i always find people forget about is the Lutoslawski 'Dance Preludes'. Not very technically difficult, but the polymeter tests your ensemble skills. They're very fun to play, and the audience seemed to like them on my recital back on the 19th.
If you are looking for any ensemble pieces and can get a good violinist, a good portion of the violin, clarinet and piano rep is often forgotten about. I just performed the Hans Gal trio, which i believe to be the greatest trio for clarinet, violin and piano. The Milhaud 'Suite' is always popular with an audience. Also i've started working on a piece by Daniel Foley that Steve Fox recorded on his CD "Foliage" which is alot of fun, and lets me play some bass clarinet as well.
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Author: gemmaelizabeth
Date: 2002-04-30 17:07
Well, A good begginer would be something like Darius Milhaud's 'Duo Concerant' - which always captures my attention as it is very melodic but still sounds very impressive.
There is so much you could do next, something like Brahms, etc....
However I really like Arnold Bax's sonata.
A good finisher is Messagers Solo de Concours, which is very very impressive!!! And if you have played it before then you will be confident with it to just go mad on it!
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