Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2013-09-12 19:47
Ken Shaw wrote:
>> I think it's the most difficult of the four concertos, mostly because of the double-speed arpeggios in the first movement.>>
Actually that difficulty is trivial. The difficulty lies mostly in making the passage-work sufficiently varied. And, in playing it neatly, particularly in the last movement, where the trills have to be particularly well-executed. (There's a run up to a top C; but you can take the ossia, as Leister does.)
>> #1 is played frequently, and #3 almost as frequently (it's Stanley Drucker's favorite).>>
In 1980, when David Atherton and I were trying to record all 4 concerti, it was impossible to obtain the material for #3. John Denman had it, but was rather typically unwilling to share it.
Probably that situation has changed now.
>> #4 is more lyrical and is for Clarinet in A.>>
Yes, I agree:-)
>> #2 is by far the rarest in performance, probably because the score is hard to get...>>
I never found this to be so in practice. I played it in San Diego in the early eighties, and later in Germany; obviously the problem was the orchestral librarian's, but news of any difficulty never reached me.
>> ...and may be in MS.>>
Interesting speculation.
Tony
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