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Berio sequenza

Author: DrGrip
Date: 2005-10-31 06:25

Okay, this question is bound to pop up on a clarinet board. Is anyone out there working on the Berio sequenza IXa? Because I am starting to, and I have got to the multiphonics part. Is it possible without a full boehm clarinet? I have a recording of Paul Meyer doing it, and it sounds perfect on a regular RC with no Eb key. Unless he uses a full boehm for that song alone. Suggestions?

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Re: Berio sequenza

Author: donald
Date: 2005-10-31 08:17

I'm sure that this has been a topic of posting before
in 1996 Alessandro Carbonare told me (in reply to the same question) that Berio had told him to find multiphonics with the same intervals, and that it was ok to use these instead as it was the intervals that were significant rather than the actual pitches....
i'd need to check my copy (and thus my memory), but i believe Carbonare transposed a small part of the piece up half a tone to achieve this.....
i've got a feeling that the prior posting on this topic also included advice from other who had had direct contact with Berio, and that it was not in agreement. It may be that Berio gave conflicting advice over a period of time (maybe he changed his mind?).
hope that this was helpful- but do a search, i'm sure you'll easily find the other posting
donald

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Re: Berio sequenza

Author: DrGrip
Date: 2005-10-31 09:18

yeah, i read the other but it was in 2001 and didn't actually get anywhere... someone said that berio himself changed the notes but that person never posted the changed version...

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Re: Berio sequenza

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2005-10-31 14:38
Attachment: Beriogif.gif (14k)

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/2000/01/000392.txt

http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Klarinet/2000/01/000396.txt

There's a bit more of this story on the BB at:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=185092&t=184698

(You need to set the display to 'threaded view' rather than 'flat view' in order to get to the relevant post straight away; even then, it starts off talking about the Copland, but gets onto Berio after a bit.)

The version we came up with is attached. As I say, I don't think it's all that good, but he did agree to it.

Tony

Post Edited (2005-10-31 15:38)

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Re: Berio sequenza

Author: donald
Date: 2005-10-31 17:37

thank you for the gif Mr Pay, a very useful thing to post- i hope that it's ok to print it off?
donald

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Re: Berio sequenza

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2005-10-31 17:43

donald wrote:

>> thank you for the gif Mr Pay, a very useful thing to post - i hope that it's ok to print it off? donald>>

I've always given it to anyone who asked, so I don't see why not.

Tony

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