
This is the Clarinet Rhapsody by Carl Osborne. It's not only "modern" (aka 20th century) music, it's also American, so it's supposed to sound all over the place. Because there's no piano and the tempo markings change every few measures in some places, some freedoms are supposed to be taken with the tempos and how the piece feels.
There are 3 "sections" to the piece. The first section increases in tempo and gets more and more frantic till it begins to die around 0:56. At 1:15 it enters the "Cantabile" or "Singing" section, and the goal is to make the clarinet sound like someone is singing the melody. After a recap of the beginning at 2:50, it varies more and more until it reaches the final section, marked "Fiero" or "Fiery" at 3:45. It winds itself up then back down to the end.
Personally, one of the hardest pieces I played for my recital, but also the most fun ^_^
There are 3 "sections" to the piece. The first section increases in tempo and gets more and more frantic till it begins to die around 0:56. At 1:15 it enters the "Cantabile" or "Singing" section, and the goal is to make the clarinet sound like someone is singing the melody. After a recap of the beginning at 2:50, it varies more and more until it reaches the final section, marked "Fiero" or "Fiery" at 3:45. It winds itself up then back down to the end.
Personally, one of the hardest pieces I played for my recital, but also the most fun ^_^
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So I looked at my submissions today and I was like "hey I'm playing that!"
My jury is this Friday and this is the piece I'm playing. I love this piece.
I feel its a new light on things more clarinetists should work on. The expression is something not a lot of musicians aren;t used to and is something that can be extremely helpful for performance based clarinetists.
Also I'm taking a side semester and preforming this on bass. It works really well especially the nature of the instrument and timbre. I'm pretty happy about it. I'll try to upload it if I get a good recording of it. I'm glad I got to hear a new interpretation before I played it for myself. ^_^
Also I would like to speak about my displeasure of the "Stringendo" section after the first "fiero" on the last page. the f-Gb-Db-C-Ab line before the second Fiero. It's seriously frustrating and I've never heard a recording of this piece that I think makes the line sound anywhere near musical. I don't know what to do with it and I'm probably just going to have to suck it up and play it to the best of my abilities but It still bothers me
well anyways, It was fun to listen to and I would love to talk to you about this piece sometime
-J
My jury is this Friday and this is the piece I'm playing. I love this piece.
I feel its a new light on things more clarinetists should work on. The expression is something not a lot of musicians aren;t used to and is something that can be extremely helpful for performance based clarinetists.
Also I'm taking a side semester and preforming this on bass. It works really well especially the nature of the instrument and timbre. I'm pretty happy about it. I'll try to upload it if I get a good recording of it. I'm glad I got to hear a new interpretation before I played it for myself. ^_^
Also I would like to speak about my displeasure of the "Stringendo" section after the first "fiero" on the last page. the f-Gb-Db-C-Ab line before the second Fiero. It's seriously frustrating and I've never heard a recording of this piece that I think makes the line sound anywhere near musical. I don't know what to do with it and I'm probably just going to have to suck it up and play it to the best of my abilities but It still bothers me
well anyways, It was fun to listen to and I would love to talk to you about this piece sometime
-J
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