Help me pick a solo!

OK well each year high school musicans are placed in a solo/ small ensamble festival. A judge from teh state comes out and judges us on how well me play. Now its time to decide what to play. Generally many students dont know much about classical music and play some random thigns that the band director has... Im qquite different I like playing either real classical music that is techinical or classical that is tone quality and jsut slow and beuatiful.

SO these are the two I have... I cant decide..

O mio babbino caro

That Gacimo Puccini's :O MIO BABBINO CARO

and I have

Saint Saens - The Swan


The Swan

Welp the jury is out!

If I may ask, what particular instrument do you play?

Clarinet. I should have said that eariler.

Caprice No. 16!!!, No wait....... The Flight of Bumblebee!!!!

I play guitar

I'd play some Benny Goodman, you can't go wrong.

I would play something jazzy except that generally gets you bad ratings. The Judges dont like it and are harsh on judgign it. I would play some Gershwin or something along thoes lines, mmmm artie shaw..... I would and I cold play jazz but Its not what im looking for in this ball park.

Clarinet Concerto, - Adagio
Mozart

You're probably familiar with it.


Do you need a sample?

I alo found a copy on a CD
Masters of Classical Music - Vol 1

[edit on 20-12-2005 by spacedoubt]

I know the clarinet concerto. I know it well after all it is the most famous clarinet piece ever written. Ok well close. but that is indeed out of my leauge at this time. I do not that the techinal ability to do it nor the time to play it perfectly liek I would want.

Well work on it, for another time!
It's one of my favorite pieces..

Was the the music used in The movie Soylent green?
In that self euthenasia place for the old folks?

Wait, you're from New Orleans..
Can you do Pete Fountain Dixieland jazz style?
I was never a big fan of the c'net, until I heard him years ago..
I think he has/had 10 fingers on each hand..

I used to play the clarinet but then went onto the bassoon.

I love Saint Saens so that would be my choice altho I prefer Danse Macabre.

Good luck with the solo

[edit on 29-12-2005 by SapphireHarlequin]