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Author: Panda
Date: 2002-07-03 20:47
Can anyone on here suggest me some good solos that aren't extreamly long, or are easy to cut down? I'm looking for some to play with for fun, and possibly some suggestions for auditions and such where the entire audition is 8 minutes at the maximum.
Also I'm only going on my 6th year on the clarinet, so don't suggest anything that is likley to be so hard as to make me beat my clarinet like a deranged circus monkey :0)...the symphonic band I'm in is doing Procession of the Nobels next year for one of our songs, and that's about the highest skill level I've gone up to on anything as of yet (we sight read it some in class and learned bits and pieces of it already - high school band), to set a point of no return.
I'm just looking for some good ideas to play around with over the summer and possibly help increase my skill level so I can impress people at auditions for once :0)
Thanks in advance.
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Author: Beth
Date: 2002-07-04 04:15
How bout Osborne's Rhapsody? It's an unaccompanied piece, so it won't seem blah and watered-down if you're just playing without an accompanist. It's just a few minutes top to bottom (just 3 pages), and it's a piece you can grow into. Not overly technical, but there's lotsa room for expression. Good luck and have fun.
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Author: Michael McC.
Date: 2002-07-04 14:18
The Rhapsody is good, if you like modern clarinet music. Some I have played it for really had a distaste for modern music and didn't like it at all. But it is a nice piece.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2002-07-04 18:46
I don't think the Osborne Rhapsody is aggressively "modern" at all, compared even to the Stravinsky "3 Pieces." Virtually no dissonance and I think Beth has described it as well as one can in words. The Rhapsody is quite lyrical and, IMHO, accessible to listeners (unless their taste runs to country western ;^). I think it's a great choice. For accompanied works at your level, you might try a Vanhal (or Wanhal) Sonata or Karl Stamitz' "Concerto No. 3 in Bb."
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Bea Starr
Date: 2002-07-05 15:51
If you're looking for something challenging you could try Weber's Concertino. It's a 6 in the NYSMA mannual-that's the top level but I have found it much easier than the other 6 I did. If your tone is up for it you could also try the secound movement to the Mozart Concerto. Good luck and HAVE FUN!!!!!!!
Bea
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Author: Rob Bell
Date: 2002-07-05 20:00
If you want some fun and something that is not incredibly difficult, try the first two movements of the Sonatina by Malcolm Arnold. The third movement is very tricky, especially the high parts in the middle, but arnold provides an Ossia for the clarinettist. It takes some getting into, but it is very rewarding in the long run.
Other pieces worth a try are Weber's 1st Concerto (has a divne slow movement), Giampieri's Il Carnevale de Venezia (this is very tricky but will get your finger dexterity to a high standard.) The Schumann Fantasy Pieces for clarinet and piano are wonderful and the difficulty ranges across the three. The mozart concerto is a standard that every clarinettist should play all there life! Get hold of it!! The only other piece i would recommend is the Weber Grand Duo Concertant, the first two movements aren't incredibly difficult but beware if you choose to do this with the piano accompaniment you will need a pianist of demonic virtuosity, it is a real tour de force for the pianist just like the two brahms sonatas both of which are very rewarding and require a lot of musicianship.
Good Luck,
Rob
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