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Author: tenthchair
Date: 2008-07-25 06:22
I just heard a very wonderful performance of the Pergolesi Concerto in D for clarinet and orchestra played by Professor Eli Eban on his website http://www.elieban.com/
You can listen to it via stream or you can download mp3 files of the performance on his website.
My question is do you know where this concerto arrangement comes from?
Thanks!
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2008-07-25 16:04
Darn!
Pergo died before clarinets happened. This must be a transcription, beautifully played!
I want it.
Bob Phillips
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Author: clarionman
Date: 2008-07-25 16:06
This is my first time hearing about that composer. That is a very nice piece of music.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2008-07-25 16:13
Pergolesi wrote a flute concerto which has always been considered spurious.
He also wrote at least one violin concerto that I'm aware of.
Neither is the basis for the transcription on Eli Eban's site.
If you are curious about the origin of the arrangement, you could always email him (Eban, not Pergolesi) and ask ...GBK
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Author: kev182
Date: 2008-07-25 16:26
It was transcribed by Eban's teachr Yona Etlinger (sp?)
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2008-07-25 17:32
Yes , Yona Ettlinger did the arrangement, and most of his music was printed by B&H. I can check with Yona's wife, Naomi, if it was ever printed.
Sarah
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2008-07-25 20:51
O, Sarah, Please do check.
O, GBK, The Dmajor Flute Concerto sheet music is available. Anyone feel like joining me in a Finale Transcription project?
Bob Phillips
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Author: S. Friedland
Date: 2008-07-26 03:09
Pergolesi who was only 26 when he died from TB wrote one work which is considered a masterpiece of Opera Buffa: "La Serva Padrona". (The Srrvant Mistress)
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2008-07-26 10:52
Bob,
I talked with Naomi Ettlinger, she said that the music was never printed. She gave one of the two copies that she had to Eli Eban. There is no piano reduction, only the version with strings (orchestra), and it can be played with a string quartet too.
I sent her the link to the BBoard and she said that she may look and talk to people about printing it.
Sarah
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Author: autumnsilence
Date: 2008-07-28 17:58
is there a way to get any of his music? i would simply love to play this. its incredible.
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Author: Steve Becraft
Date: 2023-06-14 21:35
I am reviving this thread with some important news: my arrangement of this piece for Clarinet & String Quartet is now available through Alea Publishing!
https://bassclarinet.ecwid.com/Pergolesi-Concerto-in-D-Major-Hard-Copy-p562315117
On August 11, 1978, Yona Ettlinger performed a recital program at the International Clarinet Congress in Toronto that included several arrangements for clarinet and string quartet. Despite publishing other arrangements, including works by Mozart, Rameau, and Schumann, Ettlinger never made the Pergolesi Concerto in D major available. Fortunately for the clarinet community, Mike Getzin and Stephen Clark were in the audience that day! Getzin recorded the recital on reel-to-reel tape, and 38 years later Clark used a copy of this to create a digital version for YouTube.
After hearing Ettlinger’s beautiful sound and exquisite phrasing showcased in his artful arrangement, I became obsessed with playing the Pergolesi composition as well. Without an available publication or even knowing the original solo instrument, I began a years-long search for source material. IMSLP? Naxos Listening Library? YouTube? No help. Along the way, I finally stumbled onto a recording of flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal playing Pergolesi’s “Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major.” Once I had this information, I was able to track down a published version of the concerto for flute and piano to use as a starting point. Using this publication, along with Ettlinger’s live recording, I have attempted to recreate an arrangement as close as possible to what he and the string quartet played that day in 1978.
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