Author: davyd
Date: 2012-11-21 16:18
James: In Bolero, the Eb clarinet solo is the instrument's only entrance in the piece. The part could (at least in theory) be doubled by any of the 3 (1st Bb, 2nd Bb, bass) players, with plenty of time to do the switching.
If for whatever reasons you can't, or don't want to, get additional players for the soprano and tenor saxophone parts: the tenor solo could (again, in theory) be doubled by the bass clarinet player, and the soprano solo (similarly) by either of the Bb players, again with plenty of time to do the switching.
After their solos, the saxophones don't come in again until after the trombone solo, by which time pretty much all the lines are doubled. So if you have to omit the saxophone parts, other than the solos, you wouldn't be missing all that much: some octave doublings and harmony lines, but nothing else soloistic -- provided of course that all the other parts are covered.
I don't know if this counts as "logical". It's based on what's in the score. I've never performed the work in its original form (only in abridged arrangements), and would of course defer to the experts.
Post Edited (2012-11-21 18:26)
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