Here's a question for any horn and clarinet experts:
I'm fascinated by the way one horn and one bassoon harmonize to sound just like two horns. Could this also work with one horn and one bass clarinet? Or is the bass clarinet just too imposing not to dominate the horn? (Maybe requiring its part to be marked one dynamic down?)
You see, I'm arranging a theatre piece that requires both woodwind players to double on alto sax, and I'm guessing I can more easily contract a good bass clarinet-alto sax doubler than a good doublereed-sax doubler. (Parenthetically, am I right about this? How much more common are bass clarinettists than bassoonists anyway?)