I saw Michael Drapkin's Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet, but it is not distributed in music stores near me. Im looking for something that is expressive and lyrical, but also will show off my technique. Any concerto type pieces written for bass clarinet?
Again, I need something that any music store would have, because I only have a month and dont have time for 4 week shipping.
2007-08-11 17:01:22 · 3 answers · asked by turtlesrokmysoks79@sbcglobal.net 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
The solo literature for bass clarinet can be very difficult to find in a music store. The Michael Drapkin Sym Rep books are excellent for advanced bass clarinetists, but all of the excerpts are from orchestral pieces (at least the 1st book anyway). Also, you will need to transpose some excerpts, play in bass clef, and you will need a low C bass clarinet to play from that book. There are several short pieces that you can order from jwpepper.com here are some suggestions...
Sonata in A Minor - Transcribed by C. Hite
Ballade - by Bodza - (popular woodwind composer)
Deepwood - by Bennett - Popular as a high school audition piece.
Those piece could probably be shipped in less than a week.
Hope that helps
2007-08-14 12:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by Big D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most music stores aren't going to have a lot of solo bass clarinet literature in stock. You're almost stuck going with buying online to get any selection.
If you have to buy what's in stock then just go look at what's in the store. You're pretty well stuck with that.
If your bass has a C extension, the Mozart in A sounds really cool on a bass clarinet and will impress the daylights out of most judges. It uses the entire 3-octave range of the horn though.
If you can read bass clef and transpose to Bb - many trombone, euphonium, bassoon, or cello pieces will do nicely.
Solo works transposed for Baritone Horn (TC) will also work directly on bass clarinet.
2007-08-12 10:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darn. Dad411 beat me to it. The Mozart clarinet concerto is a captivating piece. A student who graduated from my college final 3 hundred and sixty 5 days performed Weber's Concertino and it grew to become into impressive. Concertino is probable much less complicated than Mozart's Concerto, yet once you sense you're as much because it, choose for it!
2016-10-15 01:04:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋