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Molter Concertos

Author: Ed Lowry  Date:   2018-01-12 10:49 I have been working on the Molter Clarinet Concerti, using the 1986 editions by Breitkopf & Hartel for Clarinet in D, with an alternate transcription for A clarinet. I've been working on the D clarinet versions. There are recordings on Youtube performed by Henk de Graaf and the Amaedus Ensemble, Rotterdam. In all of the concerti, de Graaf appears to take everything down an octave when a phrase contains anything higher than . I know these notes are hard to play, particularly and , especially if one hopes to play in tune. Still, it seems to me that if Molter wrote it, the artist should play it; and if he can't, perhaps it's better to perform a different work, especially if one is holding himself out to the world as an accomplished musician, complete with impressive photograph accompanying the recording. On the other hand, maybe there's a reason that explains what's going on other than (in)ability to play the passage. Perhaps there are different accepted versions or approaches to these pieces, and Breitkopf has simply published what, for me, is the more difficult approach! Or perhaps something else explains what's going on. I'm very interested to hear if anyone has any thoughts about this. Post Edited (2018-01-12 10:52)

Topics	Author	Date
Molter Concertos  new	Ed Lowry	2018-01-12 10:49
Re: Molter Concertos  new	Simon Aldrich	2018-01-12 23:19
Re: Molter Concertos  new	Liquorice	2018-01-13 03:10
Re: Molter Concertos  new	Simon Aldrich	2018-01-13 04:06
Re: Molter Concertos  new	Ed Lowry	2018-01-13 04:23
Re: Molter Concertos  new	Simon Aldrich	2018-01-17 05:32
Re: Molter Concertos  new	Ed Lowry	2018-01-18 04:11

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