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Re: Technique

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2020-06-27 15:42

Hi,

I can think of several compositions where the composer used a "pad" in the woodwinds (particularly the clarinets) to provide a backdrop. The clarinet part is really difficult in the last sections of Holsinger's Liturgical Dances, in the opening section of the 2nd clarinet in Rocky Point Holiday also by Nelson, and the truly challenging final sections of Grantham's Fantasy Variations.

All of these have a frantic nature for sure. I once asked the conductor about about the Grantham and the difficulties of playing it. He said that the composer just "wanted a wall of sound." I was certainly at my technical limit.

HRL

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