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 Re: THE IMPOSSIBLE! Clarinet solos?
Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date:   2014-08-28 20:59

After looking again through my files, I found a few additional pieces that are seldom performed and seldom mentioned on this board (in addition to the concertos of Jean Rivier and Walter Piston) . . .

Michael Webster's Five Pieces for Solo Clarinet (Copyright 1979)
Parts of it aren't difficult, but the second movement, Rhapsody, has some very tough passages that include quarter tones (Webster does provide fingerings). The fifth one, Perpetual motion, very difficult, is all tongued sixteenth notes at a tempo of about quarter note=160.

George Walker's Perimeters (Copyright 1972)
Not easy, but it's playable with some practice. No memorable tunes--it's a typical mid-20th century atonal piece.

Darius Milhaud's clarinet concerto (Copyright 1942)
Difficult, although not as difficult as others that have been mentioned. It was dedicated to Benny Goodman, and one might think that it would be played more often than it is.

One might wonder why these pieces are ignored today. My answer is similar to the answers of others: it takes a lot of time to learn them properly. After mastering them, performers and listeners wonder if it was really worth it. Do they really have any musical value?

Is it any wonder that the Artie Shaw concerto is so popular with performers and listeners? I'm not surprised!
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