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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2006-10-28 18:09
Mozart-haters should look away at this point.
Every clarinet player learns the Mozart Concerto, though few will ever have the chance to play it with an orchestra. But nobody ever talks about learning the Quintet, even though performance, or at least rehearsal, opportunities might be easier to find.
Why?
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2006-10-28 18:29
For one, every respectable audition will ask you to play the concerto.
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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-10-28 19:35
I did the minuet and trio movement (omitting the 1st trio) from the 5tet when I auditioned for college.
I much prefer the 5tet to the concerto in that the focus isn't only on the clarinet as the soloist, all the players are just as important as each other (just to state the obvious).
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2006-10-28 20:06
I hear the quintet in concert just as much as the Concerto. Actually, I've heard movements of it performed as an Encore in more than one instance. Ricardo Morales used the second movement as an encore when he performed the Brahms quintet a few years ago at the Library of Congress with the Leipzig Quartet. Igor Begelman used the minuet as an encore when he performed the Mozart concerto with the Boston Classical Orchestra. It actually comes off quite well, and at that level, I doubt it eats up much rehearsal time. Especially since the Mozart Quintet is standard literature for both parties.
I learned and performed the quintet after I had learned and performed the concerto. In retrospect, I think that's backwards. In my teaching, I like to use the quintet prior to teaching the concerto. Essential phrasing concepts that must be applied in the concerto can be addressed in the quintet. Regarding the clarinet part by itself, in many aspects the quintet isn't as difficult, so the music can really be the main focus of this study. Since, this is, I think, the greatest challenge in Mozart, I find it appropriate.
Christopher Nichols, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
University of Delaware
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Author: xxColorMeJoshxx
Date: 2006-10-30 15:50
I have to tell you that I learned the quintet first and probably like it more than the concerto. It's a gorgeous piece and always a pleasure to perform with strings.
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