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Author: Iplayclarinet
Date: 2005-07-01 01:49
Ok people heres the deal, i need suggestions of a piece that will wow the audience but will also not be crazy hard like the nielsen concerto. this is a college recital so i am an acomplished player but i want to break out of the ordinary weber and mozart for once and play something different, any suggestions would be great thanks yall!!
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2005-07-01 02:14
Do a search. This has been asked about 10 times in the last two or three months. Almost same question and everything...something not standard that wow's but isn't "Francaix-difficult".
Again, do a search of the BB archives.
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Author: ClarinetConnoisseur
Date: 2005-07-01 03:06
I played Hoffmeister's Konzert fur Klarinette und Orchester last year, and I loved the piece! It's said that Mozart got lots of ideas for his K. 622 from this concerto, but I haven't researched it fully. I also recommend Introduction, Theme, and Variations by Rossini or Adagio e Tarantella by Cavallini. Those are all good songs!
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-07-01 03:52
Lutoslawski, "5 Dance Preludes"
Alec Templeton, Either of the "Pocket Sized Sonatas"
Jack Delano, "Sonata" (Latin American rhythms)
Reade, "Suite from Victorian Kitchen Garden"
For an encore, Howard Blake, "Walking in the Air"
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-07-01 04:01
ClarinetConnoisseur wrote:
> Hoffmeister's Konzert fur Klarinette und Orchester
> I also recommend Introduction, Theme, and Variations by Rossini or
> Adagio e Tarantella by Cavallini. Those are all good songs!
What are the words? I'd love to sing along ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
Song: (sông, 'so[ng]) - a short musical composition with words
...GBK
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Author: Kevin
Date: 2005-07-01 12:59
When is the recital scheduled for? If this is a college recital, I assume it would be sometime in the school year? As David had suggested, the Messager is one of the most fun-to-listen-to showcase pieces in the clarinet+piano repertoire. However, if your recital is scheduled towards the beginning of the school year, the Messager would be tough to learn and polish over the summer while still working on the other pieces on the program. That of course, is if you're putting on a solo recital in which the whole show is yours. If you're only participating in a larger recital and only need one piece, the Messager is very doable and would be very impressive.
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Author: William
Date: 2005-07-01 14:11
Find a bass player and do "Benny's Gig" by Morton Gould. Written as a birthday present for Benny Goodman (and his bass plaing brother), it's a series of 8 short duets in varying styles and is quite delightful to listen to as it is fun to play. A definte change of pace for the otherwise "serious" repritoire you are most likely to be programing.
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Author: bobmi74
Date: 2005-07-01 15:55
As i said in another post, i'm learning the Manevich Concerto. It's very Russian. I know it's for clarinet and orchestra, but there should be a piano reduction. I wish our school orchestra was big/good enough to allow students to play with orchestral backup. anyways, good luck on the recital! Have fun!
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Author: RHuch
Date: 2005-07-01 17:08
You should look into Kokai's Four Hungarian Dances. Very fun to listen to and play.
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Author: Iplayclarinet
Date: 2005-07-01 18:17
Hey thanks everyone for all of your help, and william i am definatley going to look into the "bennys gig" piece even if i dont play it, it sounds awesome
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-07-01 18:46
These are based on recordings and live performances... I don't have the sheet music to any of these, am assuming they're available:
I second the Lutoslawski Dance Preludes.
The Messager is overplayed and, unless you are determined to have a very good time playing it, it can be rather dull in my experience.
You could try one of the Malcolm Arnolds. If you do, make sure you overprepare... Malcolm Arnold sounds great if you go crazy, but awful if you're timid.
I quite like the sound of the Maconchy Concertinos. Don't know how good they would go with piano reduction, but they should be all right.
Bartok Contrasts is really cool, on the tricky side; may be a bit frightening to the audience.
If you want something that sounds a bit more Mozart/Weber-esque, you could go with the Paessler Concerto con Variazioni. I played this for an audition a few years back. There's a writeup on it in the latest issue of The Clarinet.
The problem with new music is that so much of it is stupidly hard (I'm guilty of writing like that at times too).
Wait a couple years, and I'll likely have a concerto for Eb clarinet out :P
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-07-02 01:00
Depends on what you personally like. I find the Lutoslawski mostly boring. The Messager is only overplayed if the performances at your school do that.
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Author: Ben Redwine
Date: 2005-07-02 01:34
Victor Babin's Hillendale Waltzes is one of my favorite pieces to perform with piano. Are you locked into any particular instrumentation?
Ben Redwine
RedwineJazz, LLC
410 798-8251
clarinet@redwinejazz.com
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Author: RAMman
Date: 2005-07-02 09:29
I'm a great lover of the many pieces based on operas, such as the Concert Fantasy on La Traviata by Lovreglio or Fantasia on Lucrecia Borgia by Romero.
The latter is a spanish work and somewhat neglected. Recorded by Joan Eric Lluna, it's a good showpiece whilst also exploiting the vocal qualities of the instrument we love so much. It's also easy to learn from memory.
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Author: Kevin
Date: 2005-07-02 12:29
RAMman wrote:
> I'm a great lover of the many pieces based on operas, such as
> the Concert Fantasy on La Traviata by Lovreglio or Fantasia on
> Lucrecia Borgia by Romero.
And of course the Fantasy on Rigoletto by Bassi. Gorgeous virtuostic work if the starter of the thread is willing to put in some practice time.
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2005-07-02 15:07
I'm not fond of Lutoslawski's works either, kind of boring if you ask me.
I really like the Spohr No. 1 3rd movement as a really showy piece. Also Penderecki's Three Miniatures.
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