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Author: externals
Date: 2006-05-11 00:00
Do you know of any pieces with Bass clar in it or as a solo? I need to listen more so I can set my standard on what to sound like.
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Author: melearly
Date: 2006-05-11 09:45
Not sure exactly what you're looking for but some of the best artists to have a look at with bass clarinet include Michael Lowenstern (earspasm.com), Harry Spaarnay, Henri Bok, Michael Davenport (bassclarinet.org)
good luck!
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Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2006-05-11 12:25
I would recomend the wilson Osborn Rhapsody, played on bass. Originally it was written for bassoon, later the composer released if for Bb clarinet. It sounds great on bass, is unaccompanied, not really difficult. This would be a great piece to play on bass on a regular undergrad clarinet recital.
Tom Puwalski, former soloist with the US Army Field Band, Clarinetist with
Lox&Vodka, and Author of "The Clarinetist's Guide to Klezmer"and most recently
by the order of the wizard of Oz, for supreme intelligence, a Masters in
Clarinet performance
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Author: BelgianClarinet
Date: 2006-05-11 18:58
If you just want a solo in a larger piece : Shostakovitch 7th symphony, first part has a real 'deep' bass solo.
Same for violin concerto, but then it is duo with flute !! nice.
Solo pieces : maybe you find the Hindemith bassoon sonata played on bass, or Martinu clarinet sonata. I have a great CD with those pieces played by Jan Guns, but it is a recent Belgian production, maybe hard to get at your place.
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Author: rbell96
Date: 2006-05-11 21:50
There is a wonderful solo piece for bass clarinet by Ivana Loudova called "Aulos". Its beautiful, have a look at it!
Otherwise listen to big orchestral rep with prominent bass solos.
Ravel - La Valse & Daphnis and Chloe
Tchaikovksy - Manfred Symphony
Shostakovich - 1st violin concerto, 7th & 8th Symphonies
Mahler - 4th Symphony
Strauss - Don Quixote
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde
Hope this helps,
Rob
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Author: pmgoff78
Date: 2006-05-11 23:50
I agree with Tom, the Osborne is great. The first solo piece I worked on in college. Also consider the Bach Cello Suites and Violin Sonatas and Partitas.
Don't confine yourself to Bass Clarinet music (some of which is very badly written, even though it is "contemporary and serious"). I've played the Hindemith Acht Stucke for Flute and Syrinx to great reviews.....not to mention the Rosza "Sonata for Clarinet Alone"....love that one too. He also wrote a Sonatina for solo clarinet. I could go on all day. Check out Luybenmusic.com they have a MASSIVE catalog of only clarinet materials.
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2006-05-14 21:03
If you want to hear some great bass clarinet playing, you NEED to check out Cornelius Boots and his bass clarinet quartet, Edmund Welles. His technical ability and expressive playing never cease to amaze me, and, having taken some lessons with him, his tone is unbelievably strong and clear, from low C to god only knows how high.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-05-15 05:23
About he bass clarinetists mentioned above, they are all very good. I heard Michael Lowenstern, Harry Sparnaay and Henri Bok play live. I would recommend Michael Lowenstern for his beautiful sound and great technique. I would recommend Harry Sparnaay for his amazing technique and excellent sound. Henri Bok I personally didn't like very much, but samples from his CDs sound better than how he sounded live.
If I'm not mistaken I've heard samples of both Michael Davenport and Cornelius Boots and both are excellent players as well.
I would also reccomend listening to Louis Sclavis - my favorite bass clarinet player. Not only he has great sound and technique (just as good as everyone else mentioned above) I think his music is excellent and very interesting. There is a reason I have almost 15 CDs of Sclavis!
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Author: externals
Date: 2006-05-16 00:08
Most of these you are recommending are very orchestral or classical pieces. I like them but I also enjoy bass clar jazz which I've heard before and really really fell in love with it. I used to be a strictly orchestral player/listener but after listening to my friends' jazz and also some jazz pieces of others I went both ways. I now love playing both types even though they are very different.
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Author: David Niethamer
Date: 2006-05-16 03:41
externals wrote:
> Most of these you are recommending are very orchestral or
> classical pieces. I like them but I also enjoy bass clar jazz
> which I've heard before and really really fell in love with it.
> I used to be a strictly orchestral player/listener but after
> listening to my friends' jazz and also some jazz pieces of
> others I went both ways. I now love playing both types even
> though they are very different.
Check out Don Byron on his recording "A Fine Line" Among several bass clarinet improvisations is a particularly good one on a version of "The Ladies Who Lunch" by Stven Sondheim. He's also on a couple of Bill Frissel recordings playing bass clarinet.
Eric Dolphy's "God Bless the Child" is a classic.
Al Hunt has a doctoral dissertation on Bass Clarinet repertoire, which I think you can get from University Microfilms, or whatever they're called now. If not there, then inter-library loan from the Juilliard School.
David
niethamer@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/index.html
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Author: externals
Date: 2006-05-16 03:43
Microfilms or microfiche I'm in high school but I've used those when I did research in college libraries. They are annoying to use.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2006-05-16 11:14
externals wrote:
> Microfilms or microfiche I'm in high school but I've used those
> when I did research in college libraries. They are annoying to
> use.
Try going through the stacks without a research librarian to guide you ... THAT'S annoying - microfilm/microfiche will seem a godsend afer you spens a couple of days doing THAT.
BTW - ProQuest/UMI (University Microfilms) doesn't send out microfilms anymore.
http://www.proquest.com/products_umi/dissertations/
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2006-05-19 02:09
if you go to http://www.corneliusboots.com/audio.htm you can hear some clips of Cornelius Boots playng everything from the Mozart Bassoon Concerto arranged for bass clarinet and clarinet choir to jazz to "robot bass clarinet." You have to hear it to believe it.
These clips must be old, though, because he definitely sounds even better now.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2006-05-19 07:11
"you can hear some clips of Cornelius Boots playing"
I listened, and some of his music is very good, but there is a big problem - now I want a contrabass clarinet more than ever!
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Author: buedsma
Date: 2006-05-20 10:11
listen to ulrich drechsler on the bluemonk cd and his first cd with own compositions : humans and places
http://www.crackedanegg.com
For classic : eventually buy the henri bok book ==> you have all the techniques for bass clarinet and a few pieces for bassclarinet and piano written there.
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