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 Re: The fast switch from B to A Clarinet
Author: John Peacock 
Date:   2016-09-25 23:47

Tony:

I hesitate to put my foot any further into my mouth in the face of a body of experience like yours. My opinion was based purely on playing the concerto on modern instruments. There, like you, I started out doing the middle movement on Bb. But now I wouldn't choose to do that: partly because I felt that the "solo duet" called for a purity of sound that was best delivered by the more mellow A. But a more practical reason was that I didn't like having to deliver that important entry on a "new" instrument. Whenever I change, it takes me a little while to adjust: the sound production is different, and you're not quite sure where the tuning is. To give of your best musically, it's better not to have these distractions. I suppose one could change towards the end of the 1st movement and transpose for a bit so as to be in the groove when the slow movement came. But that would only be worth doing if the Bb sound was what I wanted. I agree that a sad innocence is what's to be communicated, but it hadn't occurred to me that this should involve matching the violin: their part moves faster and seems to contrast naturally with the velvety clarinet line. I can't see that the biting sound of the C clarinet is consistent with giving the violin that cushion, and going to Bb is going to make things just a bit more C-like. Still, the tuning argument trumps all this: few in the audience will notice the subtle changes in tone colour that we obsess over - but it will be very obvious if I spoil things by being out of tune on a cold instrument.
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