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Re: New Uebel C Clarinet

Author: donald
Date: 2021-09-13 04:31

Farabout- this was originally for C clarinet with the accompaniment (orchestra) in the key of C. The published piano reductions I've seen keep the key of C for the accompaniment and transpose the clarinet part into D major.
I'll swear that many years back my old teacher had an edition that kept the B flat clarinet in C and transposed the piano part down to B flat major... but I've never since found this edition so it may be me "mis-remembering".
I have made a reduction of the orchestra score/parts, reducing it to string quartet size (not really problematic for most of the work) to enable it to be played on chamber concerts/used with students. Currently I only have it in the original key, but it's my intention to transpose the accompaniment down to Bb major to enable a Bb clarinet to play it in C.
To be honest, and undoubtedly many will not agree with me, I found Ricardo's playing a bit boring on this piece and lost interest well before the end. Over the years I've counted some of his live performances as among the best I've heard (and I've heard a LOT of the "greats" doing standard rep) but this time it was all a bit dull for me.

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