View Full Version : Classical literature - The top 5
eddierich
01-18-2008, 06:06 AM
I started a similar thread in the flute section. I'd like to know what are the top 5 clarinet pieces. The pieces every clarinetist knows. Feel free to list more or less.
Off the top of my head? Mmmmm.
Ralph Vaughn Williams, Folk Song Suite, "My Bonny Boy".
That's not traditionally "clarinet", though, but I do know it by heart ....
I think one of the top answers is probably, The Mozart Clarinet Concerto (http://www.musicminusone.com/MainPages/details.asp?albumid=358).
My clarinet education, even though that was the instrument I started on, was very ... different and I never really played these "great" solo works. I worked more on ensemble stuff. I can say that I'm EXTREMELY fond of Peter Schickele's clarinet and piano pieces, such as Elegies. Very fun to play, very nice music.
Tammi
07-11-2008, 05:02 AM
My clarinet teacher told me there are 3 pieces every clarinetist should master before they retire their instrument.
Stranger on the Shore, Clarinet Polka, and Mozarts Clarinet Concerto on both Bb and A clarinets. I have all 3 and have yet to master 2.
I can't retire my clarinet yet! :-D
Merlin
07-11-2008, 05:24 AM
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Weber Concertino
Finzi Five Bagatelles
The two Brahms sonatas.
Tammi
07-11-2008, 06:39 AM
Merlin,
I have Concertino with a piano accomp CD. I've never played it.
Would it be good for me to attemp it at my advanced age?
bpimentel
07-11-2008, 01:07 PM
Mozart Concerto
Brahms Sonatas (2)
Weber Concerti (2)
Weber Concertino
Nielsen Concerto
Stravinsky Three Pieces
Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie
Schumann Fantasiestucke
bpimentel
07-11-2008, 01:14 PM
Top 5 "easy" pieces. These still aren't exactly beginner pieces, but probably within the technical abilities of a motivated high school clarinetist.
Hindemith Sonata
Finzi Five Bagatelles
Rabaud Solo de Concours
Weber Concertino
Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folksong
Merlin
07-11-2008, 02:04 PM
Merlin,
I have Concertino with a piano accomp CD. I've never played it.
Would it be good for me to attemp it at my advanced age?
Ummm...I think you're two years older than me.
So go for it!
Tammi
07-11-2008, 06:03 PM
Sorry Merlin,
I didn't relalise that I was the Granny of the group.
I'll take it with me to Band Camp and work on it during my down time.
Merlin
07-11-2008, 11:20 PM
Sorry Merlin,
I didn't relalise that I was the Granny of the group.
I'll take it with me to Band Camp and work on it during my down time.
Granny? Hardly. You're a lot younger than my ex-wife.
Though since I've got mod powers I could probably change your name to WoodwindGranny if you asked nicely.
Tammi
07-11-2008, 11:31 PM
Granny? Hardly. You're a lot younger than my ex-wife.
Though since I've got mod powers I could probably change your name to WoodwindGranny if you asked nicely.
Oh you have an evil sence of humour.
I'll think about the name change AFTER I become a Granny.
Granny? Hardly. You're a lot younger than my ex-wife.
Though since I've got mod powers I could probably change your name to WoodwindGranny if you asked nicely.
Or custom title ....
Tammi
07-12-2008, 05:28 AM
Custom title Pete? You're an evil one too.
If, and only IF, you can prove that I am in fact the oldest female member will I accept the title of 'WoodwindGranny'.
Otherwise you are all evil little men. :P
saxmanglen
07-12-2008, 05:33 AM
I've been called "evil", even when pretending to be female. ;-)
Tammi
07-12-2008, 05:39 AM
I'm sure there was a valid reason.
Most women don't like it when a man looks better in her clothes than she does.
Merlin
07-12-2008, 05:43 AM
I'm sure there was a valid reason.
Most women don't like it when a man looks better in her clothes than she does.
Heck, they don't even have to look better...just fit into a smaller size!
Tammi
07-12-2008, 05:59 AM
If any of you guys are smaller than a size 8....... I'd better start dropping a few lbs.
Otherwise you are all evil little men. :P
I'm 6'1" and weigh about 200. If you're talking evil little men, that's Ed :P.
tictactux
07-12-2008, 09:09 PM
I'm 6'1" and weigh about 200.
Metric or imperial? :mrgreen:
I suppose I could look it up and figure out how many "stone" I weigh ....
tictactux
07-12-2008, 09:55 PM
I suppose I could look it up and figure out how many "stone" I weigh ....
5.3ish slugs here. 8-)
Carl H.
07-12-2008, 10:23 PM
Pete is stoned?!?
Ed Svoboda
07-13-2008, 05:10 AM
Thanks for remind me Pete. Jim and Pete are tall. I'm not. 5' 7" on a good day. :-D
I'm 6'1" and weigh about 200. If you're talking evil little men, that's Ed :P.
Carl H.
07-13-2008, 05:32 AM
Will shorter players have more difficulty with the top five pieces? Should we be discussing the middle or lower 5 pieces so as not to exclude them?
(6'2", 200)
Tammi
07-13-2008, 06:09 AM
You're all taller than me! 5' 2 1/2", 140 lbs.
But you all are still evil little men. :twisted:
Pete is stoned?!?
I suffer from "cluster headaches", ATM. A brief, somewhat inaccurate, definition is migraines that are much more intense, but don't last as long. I have SEVERAL prescription drugs for that condition that are listed as "controlled substances". And I've been told that, yes, Oxycontin could be in my future.
When I had (3 years ago) double-pneumonia, 1.5 collapsed lungs, 7 broken ribs and muscle spasms in my chest, I was prescribed this little, tiny pill called "Flexeril". The first time I took it, I was responding to e-mail. 15-minutes later, it kicked in -- and my fingers were missing the keyboard. By a lot. I made it to bed. Or was carried. I just remember waking up.
However, answering the question, I haven't had to take my "knock me out and put me to bed" pills in a couple weeks. I last took my "controlled substance, but keeps you functional" pill yesterday, so that might answer your question :P.
A "stone" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_%28mass%29) is a British unit of weight that's still in common use, although not official use (and I watched a lot of Dr. Who and I watch TopGear, so I hear it often). I weigh a bit more than 14 stone, if I have the conversion right.
Carl H.
07-14-2008, 07:12 AM
YEOUCH!!
I was unfortunate enough to tear a hamstring while playing timpani this past fall (don't ask). It has been interesting to say the least, but can't compare with what you've faced in the last few years.
Hang in there. (Top Gear! Did you see the cheap car competition they had a few seasons back?)
Y'know, I was browsing this thread because one of our newbies was here. I realized I really didn't answer the question. And, interestingly enough, TopGear was on tonight and it was a cheap car competition: 1,500 pounds to buy a coupe of some kind. IIRC, it was James May in an older Jag XJ12, Richard Hammond in a BMW 6-series and Jeremy Clarkson in a Mitsubishi Starrion (which would have won the competition if Clarkson hadn't put an aftermarket turbo in it).
TG is now available at your local Netflix and has been for about three months or so. I have all the available ones in my queue.
James May is also starting a new series about toys. It's on a tad late on BBC America, but I might catch it sometime.
Also, speaking of tympani, in my position as assistant to the conductor many years ago, I had to tear down the orchestra, including carrying the tympani -- two copper and two fiberglass -- up two flights of stairs, twice a day a couple times a week. I weighed 140lb at that time. I named my hernia after the drums. That also introduced me to the wonder that is Darvocet. (I'm missing a month after the operation. I'm sure it's around here, somewhere ....)
And I have been told my sister's the evil twin. At least, that's what she says.
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