Context, context, context. Where does this solo come in the arch of the piece? How does this piece work anyway? Many of you may have heard Bolero but you might want to listen to it again, at least the first 4 minutes of the piece. This clarinet solo comes early on, the second soloist. Flute plays first, in the same range as your printed excerpt, which isn't the most projecting range for the flute, and clarinet follows, still very early on in the long building crescendo of the piece.
Keys:
(1) Clean finger connections through register crossings and on the pinky keys.
(2) Warm, unforced sound, mostly soft but not pinched.
(3) Articulation, mm. 11–14, rhythm and style. RHYTHM: after several measures of your rhythm controlled by your fingers, all of a sudden your tongue jumps in for a few measures and contributes to rhythm. Listen to yourself very carefully. Are you REALLY staying in the same tempo when your tongue takes over? STYLE: we want to hear the articulation here, but the style remains gentle and understated. Enough articulation to be heard and sound slightly bouncy, not so much that the sound, mood, and flow of the phrase is compromised.
Here is a version I found on youtube that I liked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8po7FZonP-I
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