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 Mozart "Gran Partita" with Bass Clarinets in lieu of Basset Horns
Author: Mario Poirier 
Date:   2005-03-15 18:15

Dear friends:

I would like your views on the following:

We will be featuring the "Gran Partita" next year. We have no basset horns.
In the past we used 2 additional sopranos (our BarenReuter edition includes an adaptation for these two additional clarinets). But we lost much in the translation as these Bb #3 and #4 rob the piece from the variety of colors in the winds cherished by Mozart.

We have access to two excellent bass clarinet players who can produce beautiful tones in the clarion and lower altissimo of the bass clarinet. We are thinking of using bass clarinets in lieu of basset horns, making sure the bass clarinet is scored in the same "concert" register as the original basset horns (i.e.: toward the top end of the bass cl. range).

In this area, the bass clarinet tonal color changes and "almost" takes a basset horn feel (if you keep the bass clarinet tone gentle, without edge). As well, bass clarinets sound quite different from sopranos up there. This would allow contrasting colors to follow each other in these passages where the two Bb and the two basset horns dialogue each other.

Any reaction to this idea? Any other way to solve the lack of basset horn problem?

Merci, comme toujours.

Mario Poirier
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Mario Poirier 2005-03-15 18:15 
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