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Author: dbrainiak914
Date: 2006-05-12 21:27
My band is going to The Midwest Clinic next year (huge thing, www.midwestclinic.com) and my director has been thinking about having a soloist on a piece. I want to get a step ahead of him and present him with some great pieces that I could play. I am strongly considering Rossini Intro Theme & Variations, but I'm sure there have been great pieces that have been written for clarinet and wind ensemble. Not including the great orchestral concertos that may have a good band arrangement written. What are some good ones? Thanks in advance!
-Thomas
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Author: Ryan25
Date: 2006-05-12 22:48
There is a great piece that I heard in a concert for clarinet and wind ensemble. I am pretty sure the composer was John Hines but I dont know if it is published. I thought it was a really awesome piece. If you can find out about this piece then it is deffinetly better than a transcription for band or the Rimsky Korsakov.
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2006-05-12 22:50
The Rimsky-Korsakov is a snoozer. The Hines is a great piece, very difficult. Do a search, this topic has been touched about a thousand times.
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Author: Gobboboy
Date: 2006-05-13 11:30
Why not have a go at playing the Artie Shaw Concerto with your concert band, it's a winner with audiences and band alike - having played it a hundred times to many different audiences I can tell you they'll love it.
G
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-05-13 11:40
Cavallini's 'Adagio and Tarantella' is a typical show-off piece pretty much in the Italian operatic tradition arranged for clarinet and concert band, it doesn't do much for me (being operatic - likewise with all Italian opera), but it's one of those technical excercise pieces I'm sure someone will love.
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Author: Burt
Date: 2006-05-14 15:10
Concertino Weber
Concerto mmt 3 Mozart
Concertino Warren Barker
Solo de Concours Henri Rabaud
Rahoon Alfred Reed
Concerto Rimsky-Korsakoff
Carnival of Venice ?
Creole Clarinet ?
Three Blind Mice ?
Is there an arrangement of the Artie Shaw concerto with concert band? If anybody knows about it, please let me know.
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Author: dbrainiak914
Date: 2006-05-14 16:07
Just listened to the Shaw, it's great. I adore the Bernstein, I (and all of my friends) would love to play it. Does anyone have a rec of the Grange and/or Ellerby? Especially the Grange, it seems very interesting. Thanks a ton.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-05-14 23:02
Is that Bernstein's 'Prelude, Fugue and Riffs'?
And try Stravinsky's 'Ebony Concerto'.
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Author: David Niethamer
Date: 2006-05-16 03:10
The John Heins "Concerto for Clarinet and Band" is a great piece. It's a bit of a challenge, but not impossible. It was discussed recently on the KLARINET list, where someone mentioned that it had been published. When I played it, it was from a borrowed set of manuscript parts.
James Curnow has a piece, "Concertpiece" (?), that is quite good. Very practical writing, and a flashy piece.
I've heard a recording of the Ellerby. the orchestration of the band part is a bit thick, and causes problems for balance with the soloist in places. Also, IMO, a bit long for what it is.
David McClune, who mostly (I think) follows the KLARINET list, has a big list of clarinet & band pieces. Since he has a mouthpiece business, I'd think a Google search would get you in touch with him for more information.
David
David
niethamer@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/index.html
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