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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2007-01-20 23:49
OK, I've been assigned a clarinet trio for my chamber music credit this semester and we've been told to look up pieces and pick one ourselves. I've been looking through the net and have been intrigued by a few but have no idea how the music is and would love to know your all's opinions!
Raspberry Tofu by Clarence Barber
Legend of the Unicorn by Cichy
Manatee Rag for 2 Bb and Bass by Arthur Frakenpohl
Comrades by F. L. Buchtel
I'm more in the mood to play something really fun, yet musically worthwhile. I know I'll have plenty of semesters or Mozart and the like in Chamber ensembles, so I'd really love for this semester to be different.
Any suggestions of other pieces would be great as well! Oh and we're freshman in college so minimum would be probably a grade 4 of music.
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2007-01-21 02:14
Oh man what an awesome name! Rasberry Tofu!
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: tnclarinetist
Date: 2007-01-21 12:49
Hey Carrie (tis Nick!)
We played Raspberry Tofu last year in my chamber trio. It starts off with a beautiful chorale, then moves into a playful theme that acts as a cannon. At first it seems like an intermediate piece, but the last few systems everyone is playing the same notes simultaneously, which demands listening to the other musicians for intonation. It's not a technically challenging piece, but if you're looking for a good time I recommend it.
NG
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2007-01-21 13:55
"Dances for Three" by Peter Schickele is eminently playable by for two clarinets and (low-c) bass clarinet. [Incidentally the piece is dedicated to John Moses -- with two other players in the original two clarinets + bassoon version]. I've corresponded with the composer, who gave me the go-ahead to transcribe the bassoon part for bass clarinet and it works very well for that combination. The bass clarinet part (not part of the published package) has been beautifully transcribed by Ron Aufmann of the Cincinnati Symphony, and should be down loadable if you contact him.
And it's a neat piece -- a blast to play!
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2007-01-21 18:05
Go to this page here on woodwind.org:
http://www.woodwind.org/clarinet/Music/Silveira.html
There are actually a couple pieces for clarinet trio. I've done "Tico, Tico ..." - great fun and a flashy showpiece -- and it's immediately available at the right price. I haven't looked at the other one (it's new since the last time I checked out Fernando's contributions) but it might be just as good. In fact, it probably is.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2007-01-21 20:55
Thanks everybody! Jack, I had actually looked through that page and thought to myself "Wow, a chamber piece for 2 vocal sopranos and a bass clarinet. Interesting!" lol. Yeah, seems like some pretty neat music there.
Thanks for the tip, Larry. I'll give it some good hard thought!
Thanks Nick! I was really curious about that piece and was really wondering what it was like!
Any more thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
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Author: swkeess
Date: 2007-01-22 01:04
My clarinet trio has played "Manatee Rag" by Arthur Frackenpohl and found it to be a lot of fun to play, especially if you like ragtime music. There's a nice little section about halfway through where it's noted that you should improvise, if you have the inclination. We've also liked the Scott Joplin rags as arranged by Bill Holcombe.
If you're looking for a really fun trio arrangement, try "Good Old Uncle Tom" arranged by Duncan Stubbs (available on the June Emerson website). It's four old English folk songs arranged in jazzy fashion and very entertaining, both for the players and the audience.
Susan Keess
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2007-01-22 10:44
Hi,
There are beautiful arrangement for 6 Mozart operas of Trio Di Clarone for 3 Bassets or three Bb.
Sarah
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Author: larryb
Date: 2007-01-22 17:39
The Mozart's are fun, but Carrie said she didn't want to do Mozart.
As an alternative, the Stadler basset horn Terzetti editions include parts to play as clarinet trio. They're quite fun and amusing.
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Author: Mark G. Simon
Date: 2007-01-22 18:51
2 oboes and English horn was a popular combination in the late 18th century, and these works fare pretty well as trios for 3 Bb clarinets. Some of them have even been published in arrangements for 3 clarinets. Beethoven's Trio op. 87 is well known, and he also has a set of variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano".
The Swiss publisher Kneusslin published a bunch of works for this combination by the likes of Joseph Triebensee, Anton Wranitzky and Johann Wenth, and these are all very enjoyable works if you can find them.
There are also 6 trios for three clarinets (original instrumentation) by Jacques Bouffil, published by Leduc, that are very rewarding.
There's an excellent piece by John Harbison called "Trio Sonata" which has a flexible instrumentation, but one of the versions which has been published is for 2 clarinets and bass clarinet. This is available from Associated Music Pub.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana--Mediocrates (2nd cent. BC)
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2007-01-22 19:54
Thanks for the imput! I'll definitely give those a look through! The improv in Manatee Rag sounds rather fun!
I played Bouffil's Grand Trio last year and it was very rewarding and rather fun! I would recommend that piece to anyone!
I think we'll be playing 2 pieces, one probably on the more "fun" side, and one more on the "serious" side. I've listened to the Beethoven op. 87 and it seemed pretty neat. I'll look into the others mentioned as well! Thanks! Any more opinions are welcome!
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Author: mk
Date: 2007-01-23 01:54
can you add another bass clarinet to the group? It would add more dimension to the group and I think you will find the literature quite interesting.
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Author: Brianj
Date: 2007-01-23 11:47
You can try Rick Sowash's "The View from Carew". It is for clarinet, piano, and cello, very nice piece, and not too hard to put together.
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2007-01-24 02:14
Yeah, we can have 2 Bbs and a bass.
Brian-
I love Rick Sowash's music, but I'm looking for something for 3 clarinets. You should listen to/buy "Sanctuary at 3AM"-beautiful piece and has a little bit of a rhythmic challenge which would be good for advanced high schoolers or undergrads (freshman/sophmore).
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2007-01-24 15:26
At a concert last night, Alan Kay, Ayako Oshima and Charles Neidich played Unisono for Three Clarinets by Thomas Kessler, composed in 1978. It's semi-minimalist, and while the notes are not too difficult, the ensemble is a huge challenge. Charles called it "Gregorian chant from the moon."
It was quite effective, at least for an audiece of wind players.
Ken Shaw
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