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Author: lsb
Date: 2004-11-14 17:29
Hi everyone! I'm currently in a violin, clarinet, piano trio at my college, working on Bartok's Contrasts. The piece is incredible...it was a bit rough at first, but thanks to loads of practice and help from our coach, we can play it really well.
Now I need help picking a piece for us to work on next semester...
Our violinist is going abroad, so the pianist and I are open to any trio/quartet combination that involves clarinet and piano. What is the most challenging piece you can think of? Something at least as challenging as the Bartok. It can be for cl/vln/piano, cl/cello/piano, cl/viola/piano, cl/vln/cello/piano. We're not too keen on playing the Brahms trio, or the Mozart Kegelstatt...I know those pieces are challenging in their own way, but they're not as much fun to work on as Bartok has been!
So please, any and all suggestions are welcome!
p.s. Anyone ever work on the Hindemith Quartet (cl/vln/cello/piano...same instrumentation as Messaien's quartet for the end of time)? I have yet to listen to it, and I'm curious.
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Author: Katfish
Date: 2004-11-14 18:00
Isn't L'histoire de Soldat by Stravinsky arranged for cl/vn/pno?
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Author: lsb
Date: 2004-11-14 18:10
yep, L'Histoire de Soldat is indeed arranged for cl/vln/piano. But it doesn't really do justice to the original arrangement, in my opinion, so we probably wouldn't play that. If we end up going for cl/vln/piano again, we'd probably be more likely to work on the Khachaturian trio.
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2004-11-14 18:49
The perfect piece for you and your ambitions would be Messiaen: "Quatour pour la fin du temps" for violin, clarinet, cello and piano. Another piece, maybe not as challanging is: Milhaud "Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano"
Alphie
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Author: lsb
Date: 2004-11-14 18:53
My friends just did the Messaien quartet last semester, so we don't want to do it again so soon. The Milhaud is fun, but really easy...
Great suggestions though..keep them coming!!!
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Author: ariel3
Date: 2004-11-14 19:04
I would suggest the Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano by Max Bruch. These are a challenge, both technically and musically, and are quite fun to play as well.
Gene
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2004-11-14 20:09
Mikael Edlund: Trio Sol: Clarinet Bassoon/Cello Piano,
Benet Casablancas: "Introducción, cadenza y aria" para violin, clarinette, violonchelo y piano,
Conrad Beck: "Alternances" for Clarinet, Cello and piano.
End of my library since I immagine that Beethoven op. 11 and op. 38 is nothing for you to be mentioned?
Alphie
Post Edited (2004-11-14 20:22)
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2004-11-14 20:53
As ariel3 says the Max Bruch pieces ae great fun and remember I,IIand VII are great with cello as a stand alone little suite. and all on A clar.
BobT
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Author: Tom Piercy
Date: 2004-11-15 17:08
Try Ned Rorem's "End of Summer" for clarinet, violin and piano.
Great piece and not easy.
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2004-11-16 02:38
Jean Francaix has a tough but fun trio for cl/viola/piano.
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: donald
Date: 2004-11-16 07:23
i'd love to spend time working on the Bruch (viola/clarinet/piano)
but a work to consider is the Peter Schikele Quartet (clarinet, violin, cello, piano), only it certainly will seem easy next to the Bartok (and while it's very beautiful, it's not exactly.... well, "deep" for want of a better word)
donald
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2004-11-16 10:39
How about Kegellstatt? (maybe I'm off track? If so, sorry..I only like the piece^^..)
Lucy Lee Jang
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