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Author: tkillian
Date: 2016-12-29 01:20
Hello. Looking for interpretation help on the Rossler clarinet concerto no.2 in Eb , movement 1. The edition I am using(and is the recommended one, but not absolutely required ) has a ton of the 16th note runs to be tongued. The attached youtube.com video has a professional playing it without the tongued articulation. ..he slurs many of the passages and it seems to better fit the late baroque/early classical style. Any thoughts would be welcome. I wish I could show you the actual passages I'm talking about.solo starts at 1:39
https://youtu.be/UIgt4n2Zz70
Post Edited (2016-12-29 01:54)
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2016-12-29 19:32
In that period, soloists typically exercised a lot of freedom in deciding things like articulation, dynamics, and ornaments like trills, turns, and so on. If you compare the original of the Weber concerti with the Bärmann edition, by the son of the clarinetist he wrote them for, which you can do easily in the Henle editions, you get a good idea of just how much latitude soloists had then. Similarly, if you look at an urtext edition of some of the Mozart octets, you'd think that all the 16th note runs were tongued, but nobody would play them that way, and they'd sound pretty bad if one did. The pieces should sound natural, spontaneous, and, for the most part, fun. Exactly how to do that is up to you.
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Author: ClarinetRobt
Date: 2016-12-29 20:03
Spice is the variety of life. I know when I play Weber I mix up the articulations to keep it interesting. (Think repeat in Variation II in Weber's Concertino). It's more interesting for the audience and frankly adds a new level of difficulty for the performer....changing things up keeps me on my feet!
Plus I love hearing different ideas...as long as everyone has an open mind. Eg, when I played the Mozart Octets, I tongued all of those sixteenth runs...seems appropriate to me at the time. However, no one should give a second thought to adding a slur here and there.
~Robt L Schwebel
Mthpc: Behn Vintage
Lig: Ishimori, Behn Delrin
Reed: Legere French Cut 3.75/4, Behn Brio 4
Horns: Uebel Superior (Bb,A), Ridenour Lyrique, Buffet R13 (Eb)
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Author: tkillian
Date: 2016-12-30 21:39
Thanks. Great answers, kind of common sense, but greatly appreciated. Keep them coming
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