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Re: Nielsen Concerto

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-04-09 22:53

There are two great resources right here:

http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Study/Nielsen.html and
http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Study/NielsenNotes.html

The first article tells about Aage Oxenvad, the composition of the Concerto and how to play it in the Danish manner. The second article includes over a hundred large and small corrections to the printed parts.

I agree with Chris Nichols that you must hear Oxenvad's playing. He was a major personality, with a powerful tone and style.

I've heard that there was a personality conflict between Oxenvad and the bassoonist Knud Lassen. Oxenvad had a short fuse, and Lassen loved to rib him. A whole movement of the Quintet is a satire of this, with the annoying bassoon setting off clarinet screaming fits.

Ken Shaw

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