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their position above the choir screen, which was viewed on television throughout the
world by over 20 million people.
PERFORMANCE
Unlike the Eley recording, there was not the same concerns
regarding
authenticity of instrumentation and the development of repertoire as all the works
recorded for this project are published. Interestingly, the 6allenge was to replicate
Jacob's orchestration, including the addition of Alto clarinet. "
This led me to consider the exact number of instruments required to perform
Jacob as he suggested. Rickson suggested in his book FfortissiMO14 that Dr. Frederick
Fennell believed that to create a balanced wind ensemble, a single player with the
exception of the clarinet section should play all parts, which should have two players
on each part. I fully support this thinking. If, however, I found an additional Repiano
Clarinet part I would split the two players on Second Clarinet to cover the part.
Resources must also play their part! It should also be considered that the tuba part
could be considered as a split part for one Eb tuba and one BBb tuba.
In the case of trumpet and trombones, I rotated the players available for the
sessions,
using only one per part. The result is that of a full bodied and rich sounding
wind ensemble that is perfectly balanced, with little compensation required in terms
of balance in performance across the sections. Interestingly, to create this balanced
ensemble against the instrumental requirements of some a Jacob's scores, a maximum
of thirty-eight performers was required.
" Jacob, 21.
14 Roger Rickson, Ffortissimo. (Ohio: Ludwig Music Publishing Co., Inc 1993), iii.
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