HAPPY HOLIDAYS! What better way to celebrate the season than to talk about The Nutcracker clarinet solos! Enjoy.
Nutcracker Clarinet solos; demonstration with practice tips.
On words, music, and serendipity, too.
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to All! It’s been awhile since I posted actual words here. The past five “posts” have been videos of me playing, something I plan to continue, since music is better expressed through playing than writing…
Long phrased beginning of Strauss Duett concertino
I’ll be playing this wonderful and little known piece in November, a late work of Richard Strauss, his Duett Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon with strings and harp accompaniment. The bassoon soloist is my colleague Betsy Sturdevant, whose blog you…
My Funny Valentine, Late night moods
My Funny Valentine Sweet Comic Valentine You Make Me Smile With My Heart You’re Looks Are Laughable, Unphotographable Yet You’re My Favorite Work Of Art Is Your Figure Less Than Greek Is Your Mouth A Little Weak When You Open…
Last solo clarinet line of Higdon Blue Cathedral
Warming up for tonight’s concert with the Columbus Symphony. The program includes Jeniffer Higdon’s ravishing tone poem, Blue Cathedral, followed by Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The Higdon piece ends with a lonely, soft clarinet solo, fading to nothing. But I…
Rachmaninoff Vocalise – for Mom
Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op. 34, NO. 14. Video of my practice today. Great piece for working on phrasing and breath control. Mom loves this piece (and has sung it) and always asked me to play it. When I do, she tells…