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Author: clarinetsweetheart
Date: 2006-06-26 01:56
My orchestra (made up of high school students) wants to do a piece to feature the four seniors that are graduating in 2007 (of which I am one). The problem is, our conductor seems to want 1 piece, and the four seniors consist of 2 clarinetists and 2 violinists.
She picked out a piece, where we would play a trumpet part and they the first violin part. It features the violinists very nicely, but the trumpet part sounds like unnecessary ornamentation at best, and when I said I didn't like it after she asked me whether or not I did she got very angry with me.
Basically, we need a piece that will feature four players, with parts playable in the general ranges of two clarinetists and two violinists at about a medium or medium-advanced level for a high school orchestra. We have played advanced and medium-easy as well, but we mostly seem to stick to the first two levels and I think they'd be better for us.
I don't care what sort of instrumentation the four feature parts originally are as long as they sound okay transposed to clarinet and violin. I know I can play up to an altissimo F just fine and the other clarinetist can play nearly as high, and none of the four of us have any problems transposing (plus we have access to Finale). I'm not a string player so I can't say what ranges the two violinists are in, but at least one of them is very good.
Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. I don't like to feel cheated in this sort of thing but indicating my feelings about this to my conductor doesn't seem very plausible at the moment.
Thank you very, very much for just taking the time to read through this ^_^.
~*Charlotte*~
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Author: redwine
Date: 2006-06-26 11:17
Hello,
What instantly comes to mind is Clarinet Candy by Leroy Anderson for 4 clarinets. The parts are somewhat difficult. I have no idea if orchestra parts are available.
Ben Redwine, DMA
owner, RJ Music Group
Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America
Selmer Paris artist
www.rjmusicgroup.com
www.redwinejazz.com
www.reedwizard.com
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2006-06-26 20:43
There are Vivaldi and Telemann concerti for four violins -- maybe you can find one of these that will work for your formation.
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Author: Tom A
Date: 2006-06-27 03:00
Brandenburg No. 2? If you don't mind a bit of scribbling, of course.
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Author: clarinetsweetheart
Date: 2006-06-27 03:34
Thank you everyone who replied. I sent her the idea for the Telemann and Vivaldi concertos, since I could actually find those to buy without wondering at the quality and whatnot, and I'll give her the other ideas if she doesn't like those. I love how I can always count on this board ^_^
~*Charlotte*~
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Author: D
Date: 2006-06-27 11:21
There is also the possibility of wind quartets. If you find something for Flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon then only the basson part would need work to make it playable as the violins should be able to cover flute and oboe. I have seen a few of these arranged for highschool level students, but often they seem to be actually a duet or trio with filler parts, so be careful and check the parts carefully.
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Author: Cuisleannach
Date: 2006-06-28 01:17
If you don't mind spending a LOT of time arranging, you could try Strauss's Perpetual Motion with the backing part played by the orhestra and the four solo instruments switching off on the "solo" snippets. It features the whole orchestra, so there's a lot of latitude.
-Randy
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