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Author: coasten1
Date: 2005-06-08 19:11
Hey everyone.
I have included a link for you to listen to my performance of the Adagio movement from the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Keep in mind that this is a community group and I did this for my own experience. I am not a performance major.
I arranged the piece for Bb clarinet and concert band. Any comments are appreciated. One think I learned from this was to record yourself and listen to the playback. You will hear things differently than when playing. We have the capability to record our rehearsals. I was able to clean up a few things I heard. After the performance, there was more I could have done better. But again, it was for fun and the experience.
Enjoy.
http://hometown.aol.com/skulder000/myhomepage/adagio96.mp3
Tony
This performance was by the College of Lake County Concert Band in Grayslake Illinois.
Post Edited (2005-06-08 19:24)
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Author: bflatclarinetist
Date: 2005-06-08 23:16
Excellent job, though I think the beginning can be a bit softer. But minus that and the little mistake (I think) during the cadenza it was well done.
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Author: Kevin
Date: 2005-06-08 23:21
Adagio of K622 done on a B-flat, with band accompainment? My oh my :-O
Sounded good though.
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2005-06-10 05:22
WOW, nice job.
Moving the incredible Mozart sonorities from his orchestration to your band was the only jaring part of the listening experience. The original orchestra accompaniment usually causes me to have to play through tears from about measure 64.
You might try getting the solo trumpet player to blend a little better!
BTW: the Dowani TreTempi folks have an orchestral accompaniment for the KV622 played in Bb that is very, very good. HEHE its great to be able to make the other guys do the transposition for a change!
Bob Phillips
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Author: RAMman
Date: 2005-06-10 08:31
From an arrangement point of view, I would say that the texture used for the two opening clarinet solo passages was a good choice, but not balanced too well with the tutti sections.
Especially of note is the fact that you've left clarinet players (plus that trumpet player...) on the melody rather than shifting it.
I think you may have taken the dynamics too literally in these sections as well...the increase in dynamic for an orchestra creates a different colour as well more volume, with the wind band I think this is less effective. Reducing the scoring shuld help.
As someone who also does some nuts arrangements, well done for having the balls!
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Author: coasten1
Date: 2005-06-10 14:34
Thanks for the comments. It was a first go at arranging for me. I was pleased overall but after listening to the performance afterwards lets me hear things from another perspective. I agree with some of the comments made about the scoring. I also found things I could have done differently with the solo.
I had to double the saxes over the clarinets because the clarinets in this group are weak. They couldn't hold their own. The band was reduced to bring the heaviness down but again, I was working with the ability of the group.
But for what it is worth, I got the experience of not only arranging, but also performing in front of an audience. These thing help you grow as a musician and understand music more.
We'll see how the end of next semester goes. I am arranging an aria for alto sax and band. I am scoring based on a piano score and listening to recordings of the piece.
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