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Re: "Going Home" Solo

Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2010-07-12 04:11

Sometimes simple is best. I think an unaccompanied solo here would be far more effective (particularly in a church's acoustic) than a solo with recorded accompaniment. My recommendation would be that you play the solo unaccompanied off the English horn part. Play from measure 7 through measure 18. If you want to extend it, you can repeat measures 11 through measure 18 or repeat measures 11 through 14 then jump to measure 36 and play measures 36-39. While, as Ken says, the solo ends itself, if you want to close it out like the symphony, you could repeat measure 18 (39) at the end, doubling the time values for each note.

If I were doing it, I would probably put it in an easier key and memorize it/play it by ear. If you do that, I would recommend you not get too high in the clarinet's range (top note no higher than written Bb5).

If you want an accompaniment, you can find midi files of the movement here:

http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cmc/dvorak.html

but you will need music editing software that accepts midi files as input.

Best regards and best of luck,
jnk

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