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Author: CMM
Date: 2016-05-10 00:33
Hello all!
I have been asked to play for students attending a jazz/rock festival as an attempt to get them interested in classical music. I have been asked to perform three, five-minute pieces. Are there any solo, unaccompanied clarinet pieces you would recommend that would grab their attention?
Thanks!
Joshua Anderson
Chamber Music Michigan
http://www.chambermusicmichigan.com
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Author: Roxann
Date: 2016-05-10 02:55
How about a "jazzed up" rendition of Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk? Acker Bilk was kind enough to send me the sheet music. Let me know if you're interested and I'll forward it to you.
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Author: MikeA ★2017
Date: 2016-05-10 11:05
Possible thoughts:
- something virtuosic to show you can play more notes per minute than a lead guitarist (Flight of the Bumble Bee?)
- something from a film/TV score (Morricone's Gabriel's Theme from The Mission would work for solo clarinet although it would be better with some accompaniment).
- a classical piece that's been used in an advert (Verdi's Force of Destiny?)
Mike
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2016-05-10 15:16
Bruno Mantovani- BUG
Wayne Siegel - Jackdaw (bass clarinet and tape)
Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint (you can play the solo part with tape)
Or if you can get a cellist, play:
Svante Henryson - Offpist
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2016-05-10 21:32
On Richard stoltzmans Aria CD is a version of "it ain't necessarily so" that is awesome. I've wanted to play it for years, but couldn't find the music. If you're better and faster at transcribing than me (not too hard), that'd be awesome. And if you find the music for sale, let me know!!!
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Alexis
Date: 2016-05-11 00:56
Stravinsky 3 pieces
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If it were me, I would play something I was really good at and could sell rather than make assumptions about what they would like to hear. Liquorice's suggestions are great also
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Author: James Langdell
Date: 2016-05-11 20:37
Meyer Kupferman embellished several jazz standards for solo clarinet in the 1950s that was published as "Famous Modern Jazz Etudes". I have an edition from the 1970s, but I don't think it has been in print since then. These have been very effective as short appealing unaccompanied selections with some flash.
This publication is different than some of Kupferman's later original compositions titled jazz etudes.
--James Langdell
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Author: Alexis
Date: 2016-05-12 02:20
I'm curious as to why you would play jazz pieces to get people interested in classical music?
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Author: James Langdell
Date: 2016-05-12 19:36
Alexis: If the intent for performance was to introduce the audience to classical music duringt a festival with a different focus (jazz and rock), a three-composition set might include a piece that bridges from the expected genre to the new musical experieence.
--James Langdell
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Author: Alexis
Date: 2016-05-13 01:39
Sorry the tone of my last post was not what I intended. I agree some bridge is important, I just think it's a bit slanted too far towards jazz transcription.
I think the thing to link is the magnetism that comes from great performance, rather than the harmonic language
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Author: MarlboroughMan
Date: 2016-05-13 02:53
Stravinsky said the last of his three pieces was inspired by early jazz. Whenever I've played the Stravinsky for rock musicians, they're blown away.
Another nice piece: Hovhaness's Lament for clarinet solo. It's melodic, uses light pitch bend, is modal. All of that will resonate.
Eric
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