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Author: Melanie
Date: 2002-03-14 08:07
Our university holds a concerto competition. The winner gets to play with the large Symphony orchestra of the area, and several of the top artist get to play in the president's honor recital. This year, I played the Copland. The pieces was too modern and did not go over well with a couple of the judges. Does anyone have any suggestions to start working on for next semester? The requirements are that the piece has to have an orchestral accompaniment (condensed for piano for the competition and honor recital) and it should be possible to do cutting to get the piece down to 8 to 12 minutes. (This was another problem with the Copland) My instructor concentrates a lot on 20th C. music, and sometimes doesn't think about the appropriatness of the pieces for this competition. Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW Previous clarinet pieces performed also included Concertino (Weber) and the Hindemith Sonata. Thanks!
Melanie
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Author: William
Date: 2002-03-14 14:34
Do you mean, the Hindemuth "Concerto"(???)--the "Sonata" is for clarinet and piano, not orchestra. And remember, there is always the Mozart "Concerto"--any of it's three movts would be appropriate. The final movt of either of Weber's "Concertos" #1 and #2, would also be excellant choices. Good Clarineting!!!!
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2002-03-14 15:01
In the order they popped into my mind:
Debussy, Premier Rhapsodie
Rossini, Introduction, Theme and Variations (can cut repeats or even one of the variations, if necessary)
Krommer, Concerto in Eb (Op. 36) , 1st Mvt
Lutoslawski, Dance Preludes
Arnold, 2nd Concerto, 3rd Movement
If you know another pretty good clarinetist and the rules allow -- Krommer, 2 Clarinet Concerto (Op. 35), First Movement
Showpieces and crowd pleasers all!
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Juliet
Date: 2002-03-14 18:23
The Crusell concerto no.2 is also a good showpiece. The last movement is especially fun.
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Author: Melanie
Date: 2002-03-14 20:28
Thanks for the help. William, Yes I did mean the Concerto, sorry. Jack: Premier Rhapsodie sounds like a good choice to me also, especially since I'm already working on it, and I plan to perform it on my recital next fall.
Thanks again,
Melanie
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Author: Jonathan
Date: 2002-03-15 01:07
Maybe a movement or two of the Finzi Concerto, Seiber Concertino, or Blake Concerto?
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Author: sylvain
Date: 2002-03-15 03:08
Debussy is my personal favorite.
It's pure joy to hear and play.
-S
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-03-15 03:14
Don't over look the Spohr concertos, too - they are lovely and not necessarily "easy" - in fact, they can be quite challenging. Also, his orchestral accompaiments are delightful
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Author: Rob Bell
Date: 2002-04-18 13:50
The Crussell No. 2 is excellent fun to play. I performed it last year with a local symphony orchestra. I believe it is also the Concerto emma johnson played when she won the BBC Young Musician Concerto Final.
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