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Re: A-clarinets in modern compositions

Author: EEBaum
Date: 2010-05-17 17:27

I've worked with composers who are very accommodating and eager to get input (more often than not, this is the case), and I've also worked with composers who have little to no interest in performer issues and insist that they know what's best. Even with notational issues that do not change the content of the piece but could cut my practice time in half, I've met resistance.

Just about any composer will receive input from the performer. However, not all of them will act on it, with some doing the same thing I've commented against in pieces written after the advice was given. Which is their prerogative, just as it's my prerogative whether to answer their phone calls (usually depends on how full my plate is with other projects).

Whether someone writes for Bb or A tends to be pretty far down on my list of issues with a piece. Heck, I'm usually happy if they remembered to NOT put a key signature of 2 sharps on the clarinet part of their atonal piece.

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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