Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2008-06-08 00:26
I've had the pleasure of performing "La Clemenza" a couple of times -- most recently (well, 9 years ago) a concert presentation with Christopher Hogwood conducting. The clarinet parts are, like most Mozart, grateful and rewarding. Notably there are obligatto arias with basset clarinet in Bb(!) and for basset horn in F. "Parto, Mi ben Caro" and "Non piu di Fiori" to be specific. Hogwood asked Paul Cigan and me if we would like to stand in front of the orchestra for these great solo parts -- we both politely demurred.
There is no doubt in my mind that these solos were written with Stadler in mind. They are a joy to play, and demanding technically and musically -- but well worth the "trouble."
Naturally the local music critic screwed up, credited the wrong player for each solo -- didn't know a basset clarinet from a basset horn!
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