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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2005-03-05 20:04
I was just invited to play the first part in a local community orchestra performance of the Schubert 3rd Symphony. It's a piece I'm not at all familiar with. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Brian Peterson
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-03-05 20:22
Schubert Symphony #3 in D Major is for Clarinet in A (in movements 1, 3 and 4) and Clarinet in C in movement 2...GBK
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-03-05 22:19
I played this in 2003. Big solos in first and second movements. First movement on A clarinet has a fast tuplet run from clarion Eb up the scale an octave -- and I think it has a diminished 7th on Db (don't hold me to that -- I'm going from memory).
Second movement will require transposing from C to Bb clarinet (unless you've got a C) -- eight bars solo, eight bars doubling with flute. Use a nice resonant staccato. Work out the unison triplets with your flute player so they're together (I say this because our flutist at the time had an ego the size of Texas and couldn't be bothered to play them together with me -- he just drew them out. Fortunately he's gone and our new flutist is a good guy and a much better player to boot.). And find a good resonance fingering for the throat A (on Bb clarinet if transposing, that is) -- the movement ends on that note, so you've gotta be spot on.
Have fun with it. I have fond memories of the time I performed it
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Post Edited (2005-03-05 22:39)
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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2005-03-05 22:46
Thanks Ralph.
The good news is that even though we are in Texas, our excellent flute player is a native Minnesotan and a very respectful person to boot.
I might have to order the part from Kalmus.
Brian
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-03-05 22:55
Are you an Austinite? What group are you playing with?
Some years ago when I wanted to move to Austin (what 20-something Texan didn't want to move to Austin at some point?), I was curious about the local band/orchestra scene. Is it easy to fall into a good group up there? From the Web sites I perused at the time, it seemed like the competition was pretty stiff.
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
Post Edited (2005-03-05 22:56)
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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2005-03-05 23:41
Yes, I am an Austinite. Been here for about the past 5 years. I also spent my undergraduate years here at UT back in the mid eighties.
As far as opportunities for amateurs like me, it can be a bit challenging at times. There is a well established chamber music center here in town that I'm a part of. It's good fun, and I've played with some great musicians, but if one aspires to be a part of a larger group in Austin, it can be a problem. Most of the spots in community bands/orchestras are filled and the waiting list is a mile long.
I actually discovered the group that I will be performing the Schubert with on the web, the Balcones Chamber Orchestra. Until recently, they were just a string orchestra, but a couple of years ago, the director decided to start programming for a full orchestra and I'm sure it was a case of being in the right place at the right time.
If ever you're in Austin, drop me a line.
Brian Peterson
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-03-06 04:16
Come on down to Corpus. The summer municipal band and the wind symphony here never turn away clarinets. I lucked out with the local chamber orchestra in 2002; it was originally a class offered by the local community college that was opened up to the general public. I and another clarinetist I know signed up, and we've been the only two in the group since. With occasional ringers hired out to fill empty spots, we get up to about 45 members or so. We've been able to do some fairly ambitious stuff for a chamber orchestra, Beethoven 8 standing out especially (too bad my partner drew first part and got the cool solos on that one).
Will take you up on the offer next time I'm in Austin. Too bad I haven't made it farther than San Antonio lately
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
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Author: Erdinet
Date: 2005-03-06 06:08
You don't have to order the part from Kalmus. For $30 you can get the Musician's Orchestral Library CD-Rom with all 9 of Schubert's symhonies clarinet parts on it, in addition to other composers such as Brahms (I think) and Schuman)
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