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Re: New Bass Clarinet

Author: Simon Aldrich
Date: 2007-04-30 19:03

Koo Young Chung asked "Any reader plays Fox Bb clar here?"

Close. I play a Stephen Fox basset clarinet in A, part of which he designed for me (low D, Db and C right-hand thumb-keys configuration).
Excellent instrument.
I got it presuming I would use it only for the Mozart Concerto and Quintet but now contemporary composers have started writing for this instrument (basset clarinet in A).
My contemporary ensemble didn't know know where to start looking for such an instrument when they got the music for a new piece by the British composer Thomas Ades. They were knocked sideways to learn I actually owned this instrument they had never heard of.

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Simon Aldrich

Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
Buffet-Crampon Artist/Clinician

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