[JPL] Alvin Batiste Question

[Jae Sinnett]

That's interesting indeed John. I guess if we knew the clarinet Batiste played....A or Bb....that would answer these questions. The assumption could be he played the "A" version at the time he performed it with the orchestra because Mozart only wrote the "A" Concerto for the instrument but I dont' think so. The A version was perhaps more common when Mozart wrote it but I don't think that's the case by todays standards - particularly in jazz. Your point now would question that - if it wasn't unusual for the piece to be transposed to acommodate the Bb instrument. While the tonal qualities between the two as I understand it aren't that different the reading certainly would be. Also, in jazz, I don't know many saxophonists that when they switch to clarinet it's the A version - mainly because of the soprano sax - and this is what was so confusing to me with what I was reading on Batiste and folk mentioning the "Concerto In Bb." Thanks for your input on this. I learned something.
  Jim and Larry as well. And Jim......G. Finzi's CC is my favorite from the mid to late 40's somewhere.  
   
  Jae

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jae Sinnett

It was noted that while in high school Alvin Batiste was a "guest soloist"
on Mozart's "Concerto in Bb" with the New Orleans Philharmonic. He was the
first black that had such an honor - which got him the nickname of "Mozot."
Considering that Mozart didn't write a Clarinet concerto in Bb that I'm
aware of would anyone know what actual Concerto this was? He wrote one
interestingly enough for bassoon (Could have been transposed but my guess
it's highly unlikely in this case) and a couple piano concertos and smaller
works in the key but none for his instrument. Thanks for any help with this.




Jae,

My wife, a professional clarinetist, says a Bb version of the Mozart
Clarinet Concerto is often used for clarinetists who don't have an A
clarinet, but the pubished accompaniment is for piano (also transposed to
Bb). There is no published orchestral accompaniment in that key that I have
seen, although the band version is in Bb, which then works out in fingering
terms the same for the clarinetist. It's possible that someone actually has
made an orchestral version in Bb, but it doesn't appear to be generally
available. 

It could be the bassoon concerto - I've seen that arranged for and played by
euphonium, so why not. And once you're into arrangements, it could be
anything. The only way to tell would be to find the Kochel catalogue number
(Ludwig Kochel catalogued all of Mozart's music, the K. that appears after
all of his pieces).

John Simna
jsimna at wclv.com


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