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Author: richie1383
Date: 2008-03-14 21:45
Hi,
I am aware of peoples opinions regarding this piece, so I am not after any more! I am playing this because it is written for Clarinet and Military Band, and I am in a Military Band. What I am after is any information anyone may have about the piece, e.g. was it originally written for Military Band or is it a Transcription? Which Military Band and which player it was written for? ANy info would be great...thanks very much
Richie1383
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Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-03-14 22:27
There is a recording of it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Concert-Music-Sergey-Prokofiev/dp/B000000AYT/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205533514&sr=1-3
or
http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Concert-Music-Solve-Kingstedt/dp/B000000AYT
Maybe buy that and see whether the booklet says anything useful.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2008-03-14 23:42
As hard as it is to do, I will reserve my opinion of the piece.
All I know about the Clarinet Concerto (Concertstück) was that it was part of an apparent trilogy of 3 solo works written for the wind band of the Russian Navy. Both the Clarinet Concerto for Military Band and the Trombone Concerto for Military Band were written in 1877 and the Variations for Oboe and Military Band was written in 1878. It seems that one of Rimsky Korsakov's duties as inspector and bandmaster of wind orchestras was to provide appropriate compositions for the Russian Naval Band.
At each of the premieres a member of the Russian Navy band was the featured soloist.
...GBK
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-03-15 00:16
I haven't got my copy of the CD to hand (as I've lent it to our bandmaster and the score of the Variations for oboe so he can have a read/listen through it), though the clarinettist on this recording has a tone quality to envy.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-03-15 15:14
Further to my comments above, and GBK's, the CD booklet for Christian Lindbergh's recording of the trombone concerto has some useful information. It seems that Rimsky-Korsakov became a sailor, and started composing while at sea. He was appointed music professor in St Petersburg in 1871 while still a naval lieutenant, despite his own lack of formal musical training, and had to "teach himself in secret so he could teach others correctly!" He became inspector of naval bands in 1873 and "as part of his self-education" composed the three works GBK lists. The trombone concerto was premiered on 16 March 1878 in Kronstadt, the composer conducting.
It seems a little odd that he did not write these works until four years after he was appointed, assuming GBK's dates for composition are correct. But it would seem odder still if he wrote them earlier and then had to wait years for them to be performed.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimsky-korsakov#Inspector_of_bands. It doesn't mention these works specifically, but the dates and facts it gives are consistent with them and it reads like the work of someone who knows what he's talking about.
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