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Author: woodywinder
Date: 2004-08-02 02:21
I'm new to this board, so my question may have already been answered....
I am looking to play the Mozart Clarinet Concerto for solo and ensemble and need to cut it down to about 7 minutes. Has anyone else done cuts like this before? Could you tell me what cuts would work best.
I'm not sure if I should completely leave out a movement, or take peices from each. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-08-02 02:31
Honestly? Find an alternative work ... Mozart, like, Bach and Debussy is finely crafted and has no superfluous notes (IMHO) ... or just play the slow movement, as it's extremely popular.
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2004-08-02 02:34
I would just do one movement, and make cuts even in that. The "tutti" sections are commonly left out of "solo & ensemble" type performances.
As a teacher, I would recommend doing either the first or the third movements. I would choose the first first...
Katrina
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Author: larryb
Date: 2004-08-02 02:50
If you cut out all the clarinet solos and just had the ensemble play its parts, it might be about 7 minutes.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-08-02 03:00
larryb wrote:
> If you cut out all the clarinet solos and just had the ensemble
> play its parts, it might be about 7 minutes.
I've listened to some student performances where I wished they had used that suggestion ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif) ...GBK
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2004-08-02 03:56
You can always cut the piano intro, although that would only shave about 2 minutes off it. If you cut too much else, the piece won't be worth performing.
There is a part in the movie Amadeus where the King tells Mozart that his opera has "too many notes", meaning it's too long. I don't remember Moz's exact response, but it was something to the effect of, "it has as many notes as I needed..."
If there is a piano reduction, you might try the Mozart Quintet, first movement, with no repeats... that would probably fit your time frame...
DH
theclarinetist@yahoo.com
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Author: GBK
Date: 2004-08-02 04:34
theclarinetist wrote:
> I don't remember Moz's exact response, but it was
> something to the effect of, "it has as many notes as I
> needed..."
Although apocryphal, the scene in Amadeus was where Emperor Joseph II criticized Mozart's new opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail as having "too many notes" and to "just cut a few and it will be perfect."
To which Mozart responded: "Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? There are exactly as many notes as there should be."
...GBK
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