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Author: darien3r34
Date: 2003-05-27 18:04
my brother is playing at his high school graduation on june 20. but he has no idea what to play.
he has been working on the stravinsky 3 pieces but he doesn't think people would appreciate it.
he needs something that isn't boring...something short that nonmusicians can appreciate! it's for an audience of about 10,000 so...
have any ideas?
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Author: vin
Date: 2003-05-27 19:21
I wouldn't characterize the Stravinsky as boring. Just tell him to go hogwild in the last movement and bring out the accents. If that doesn't stir people when it is played well, I don't know what will (short of American Idol- ug).
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Author: CPW
Date: 2003-05-27 23:50
.......roll out the barrel.........
(not the one on the instrument)
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Author: sömeone
Date: 2003-05-28 04:59
flight of the bumblebee????
hmmm...........makes me wonder........
yes stravinsky's three pieces or poulenc's sonata would be good....
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Author: Johnny Galaga
Date: 2003-05-28 05:40
I would recommend against the Three Pieces. While it is an important part of our repertoire (for improving technique and sight reading), it is not very entertaining to an audience in a concert hall or graduation type setting in my opinion.
Try Au Clair De La Lune by Paul Jeanjean. It works fine even without accompaniment.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2003-05-28 14:15
Clarinet solo for 10,000 people at a high school graduation!! Can't imagine the scene. Is this in the U.S.?
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Author: rbell96
Date: 2003-05-28 19:59
Last movment of Finzi Bagathelles or the Poulenc would be a good idea. I am playing the Poulenc in a few weeks time.
Rob
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Author: Craig C
Date: 2003-05-30 07:54
Another vote for last movement of Poulenc, exciting like Stravinsky, but easier for a listener to wrap their mind around on the first hearing.. it was for me anyway.
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2003-05-30 11:30
Yeah, that's what I was going to say - 10,000 at a graduation? They'd be bored out of their minds if the kids belonging to those 10,000 all have to receive their accolades. If you play something and goof up really good, that'll probably be just the entertainment they desperately need that day!
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Author: jenna
Date: 2003-05-31 03:21
If a little shakeup to the monotony is needed, why not the piece (the name of which escapes me) that requires the performer to take the clarinet apart piece by piece? :-)
Yeah... maybe not quite somber and reflective enough, but still. I've wanted to leave partway through every graduation ceremony I've been to, including my own. Remember very little from them, too. Only things that struck me as particularly funny or unusual stayed with me. (ie. a rather quiet validictorian shouting the MLK quote "Free at last....." at the top of his lungs and garnering a standing ovation from his peers)
jenna
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