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RE: The Clarinets role in the symphony orchestra

Author: Dee
Date: 1999-08-11 05:09

Mark Charette wrote:
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Keil wrote:
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In the traditional symphony there are only 2 clarinets and maybe 1 bass clarinet!! In youth symphonies there tends to be 4 clarinets and maybe 1 bass clarinet! My question is what exactly is our purpose in the symphony. I understand that from piece to piece our role may change but over all what are we there for? They keep so few woodwinds, it makes me wonder!
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The clarinets are easily heard in any orchestra - they seldom get "buried" - and have a good number of solo parts.

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Just wanted to add that the clarinet is loud enough to drown a single violin unless the player is very sensitive to blending. Thus the clarinet can easily be heard over an entire bankd of strings.

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