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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:25:06 -0800
From: Grant Green
Subject: [CB] Sarrusophone CD
Did I mention that the CD of the last SJWS concert is now available? This was the concert on which I played Eb contrabass sarrusophone , covering the contrabassoon part on "Yiddish Dances." If you listen carefully, you can
actually hear it in some spots: next time, I'll play louder. For most of the piece, the contrabassoon part is unison with the tuba, and contributes only an extra reediness to the tuba timbre. There are, however, places where the tuba drops out and the sarrusophone is audible (particularly during a few bassoon passages, where the sarrusophone is an octave lower). There are also a few tuba solos (i.e., without sarrusophone), where one can hear the difference between tuba alone and tuba enhanced with sarrusophone. In any event, I *think* the CDs can be ordered from the SJWS (see the website at http://www.sjws.org ) or from Johnson Digital Audio , who did the recording. If you order through JDA, you'll need to specify that the group is the San Jose Wind Symphony, and the recording date was 2/16/02. For anyone interested, the title is "A Musical World Tour", with Robert M. Gifford as guest conductor. The tracks on the CD are:
- The Star Spangled Banner (is this now required by federal law?)
- Festive Overture Op. 96 (lots of contrabass clarinet on this one)
- Capriccio, by Frigyes Hidas
- Paris Sketches, by William Walton (a great piece: I played contrabass clarinet on this one just to cover all the low Cs in the bass clarinet part)
- Hands Across the Sea, by Sousa
- Florentiner March, by Fucik
- Yiddish Dances, by Adam Gorg (discussed above)
- Selections from Phantom of the Opera, by Webber, arr. de Meij (this one with soprano and tenor), and
- Dance of the Jesters, by Tchaikovsky (contrabass clarinet again).
Enjoy,
Grant
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