Word: clarinet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ensemble has invented its own repertoire of sounds, and for such a small group--clarinet, cello, percussion, piano--the repertoire is surprisingly large. The combination of clarinet (Richard Dufallo) and vibraphones (Charles Delancey) suggests a small organ in a big church. I've never heard anything like low clarinet tones played flutter-tongue against the head of a kettle drum...
When things onstage got a little slow, I listened to the little band in the pit, which is good; it can play hot and cool, and its arrangements of the dullest songs are snappy. (Alan Lutkus, by the way, plays saxophone and clarinet...
From New Orleans, he submitted four full-length plays and a batch of one-acters to a New York contest being judged by Harold Clurman, Irwin Shaw and Molly Day Thatcher (Mrs. Elia Kazan). Then he headed for California in a 1934. Ford owned by a clarinet player named James Parrott. It was a Kerouwacky rhapsody of the road. They siphoned...
...repertoire of viola music is in a sad state; witness the fact that the two best pieces on the program were transcriptions (Brahms originally wrote his sonata for clarinet). Doktor demonstrated, nicely the unique tonal powers of the viola: all that lack now are more good opportunities to exploit them...
...refreshing, then to hear a more disciplined piece: Louis Cohen's Formats, a 12-tone piece for violin, clarinet and piano. It began by shrugging its shoulders, then moved through flippancy and somberness before closing with a final shrug. But unfortunately several sustained unions jarred the style, as did a rasping clarinet and a generally crude performance...