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Author: jimk
Date: 2009-11-06 01:39
I'm looking for ideas for intermediate or higher level solo clarinet music with piano accompaniment suitable for playing in churches in December. Alto sax with piano would also work. Most of what is available seems to be arranged for less experienced musicians.
An example of what I would like to find more of is Rich Heffler's arrangement of "What Child Is This?", his catalog number W29135AX. I don't think it is as complex as the Level 6 out of 6 rating suggests, but the arrangement will keep an adult listener's interest.
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Author: clariniano
Date: 2009-11-06 11:43
I know there's a good version of O Holy Night at www.sibeliusmusic.com, it's one of the free scores.
I also have some arrangements that I use with my clarinet students.
You can also make them fancier by playing one verse up the octave if possible or by adding ornaments.
Meri
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-11-06 14:08
Christmas is the time for familiar music. The congregation members want to hear what they heard as children, and some of the finest hymns are for Christmas. Just read out of the hymnal.
The great carols are familiar and easy to transpose. Begin with Silent Night. If it's a Protestant church, go on to anything by Bach.
The most effective solo I know is Pie Jesu from the Faure Requiem. The only problem is that it's too good to follow with anything else, except perhaps the closing chorale from the St. John Passion. Of course those are both Easter music, but only the organist will know, and you're not using the words.
The slow movement from the Mozart Concerto is perfect, if perhaps too long except for during the Communion with a large congregation.
Ken Shaw
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Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2009-11-06 15:58
The Faure is absolutely gorgeous as a clarinet duet with piano, as it is originally a vocal duet. My husband and I have played it a number of times, including by request at our choir director's husband's funeral.
The Bach/Gounod Ave Maria is very nice for Advent. I like it in the Key of F because of how it lays between the registers and doesn't spend as much time in the throat tones as it can in lower keys.
Barb
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Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2009-11-06 16:02
Oops, I meant the Pie Jesu from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem. I believe the Pie Jesu from the Faure is indeed a solo not a duet.
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2009-11-06 16:08
Mozart- 4 Church sonatas arranged for clarinet and piano by Yona Ettlinger.
B&H
Sarah
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-06 16:44
I used to play clarinet instrumentals as a church musician (usually as preludes while people are walking in). Some pieces I've tried that worked well were:
Mozart -- Adagio from Clarinet Concerto (frequently requested)
Schumann -- Fantasy Piece No. 1
Gounod/Bach -- Ave Maria (transposing the vocal part to play on Bb clarinet)
Pachelbel -- Canon in D (I bought an arrangement for flute or clarinet w/ piano--terrible key for Bb clarinet, but a good piece nonetheless--if you have an A clarinet, you can also transpose it and play it on A, which ought to be much easier)
Some other pieces that I would consider using are:
Brahms -- Sonata No. 1, mvt. 2 or mvt. 3
Debussy -- Arabesque No. 1 (There's a violin/piano transcription that you can transpose for clarinet--bad key for Bb clar., but good if you own an A)
Stamitz -- A slow movement from one of the Stamitz concertos would work well, I think
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Author: c
Date: 2009-11-06 18:20
Depending on what type of congregation you are playing for, you may wish to play Advent music, rather than Christmas (until Christmas Day, of course). For example, in mid December in a Lutheran Church, it would be more appropriate to play O Come, O Come Emmanuel (an Advent hymn), rather than O Holy Night.
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