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Author: clarinetfreek
Date: 2005-11-26 23:58
I'm trying to start a chamber group at my university for this coming quarter. Two of my friends and I were planning on tackling Bartok's Contrasts, but my violinist friend recently had surgery on his hand and cannot play for a while. I do have a friend who plays viola though, so now we're trying to find pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano... but with little luck. If you know of any good pieces, please let me know! Thanks!
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2005-11-27 00:03
Mozart's Kegelstatt comes to mind.
Hope you like to gamble while bowling.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-11-27 00:11
How about Bruch - Eight Pieces, op. 83?
Did you look at the composition database on this site?
Lots of works to check:
http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Composers/Performers/000518.html
and
http://test.woodwind.org/Databases/Composers/Performers/001681.html
BTW - If you decide on the Bruch, most players just find a few (contrasting) ones that they all agree upon. Playing all eight is too much of a good thing (for the audience).
Each one is charming in its own way, and deciding on 2, 3 or 4 of them is tough. The last time I performed them it was part of a larger recital that was shared with a violist. We did the Mozart Trio, I did the Poulenc Sonata, the violist did a solo work which I can't recall right now, and we did #1 #6 #7 of the Bruch.
We originally were going to do #2 as well, but all agreed that doing 3 of the Bruch pieces was sufficient.
One little trick: if you do #1, #6, #7 as I did, have the viola "check his tuning" (even if he doesn't need it) after #1, so you can quickly warm up your Bb clarinet on the switch from A in #1...GBK
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2005-11-27 00:27
I looked at the database and was surprised to see that the Schumann Maerchenerzaehlungen, Op. 132 (Fairy Tales) was not listed. I'd definitely recommend those, as well as the Mozart and Bruch pieces as a good start. They are all staples of the clarinet repertoire, and it never hurts a pianist to learn the 4th Bruch piece, it's a beast!
Good luck!
Christopher Nichols
1st Infantry Division Band
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-11-27 00:34
http://clarinet.cc/archives/recordings/index.html
Sherman Friedland performed and recorded GBK's suggestion. You can sample the "Andante" from those 8 pieces. Maybe not a whole picture of what those pieces have to offer, but maybe you'll like it and have SOMETHING to go buy for those pieces.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-11-27 01:16
GBK wrote:
> The Schumann Märchenerzählungen (op. 132) for clarinet, viola
> and piano is listed incorrectly in the database:
Fixed.
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-11-27 01:37
There's also a Bruch Concertino for clarinet and viola, which you can get for clarinet, viola and piano (Simrock edition).
It's quite nice and not too often heard.
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Author: raddatcj
Date: 2005-11-28 22:05
I performed a trio by Alfred Uhl titled Klienes Konzert several years ago. I'm not sure about the publisher, but it is worth finding. If you are looking for a 20th century piece I would definatly recommend this trio.
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