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Music for Clarinets, Op. 179 (2022/2025)

For A Clarinet and Clarinet Choir

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Duration: 15'

  1. I.
  2. II.
  3. III.

Instrumentation:

  • Solo A Clarinet
  • Eb Clarinet
  • Bb Clarinet 1
  • Bb Clarinet 2
  • Bb Clarinet 3
  • Alto Clarinet
  • Bass Clarinet
  • Contra-Alto Clarinet
  • Contrabass Clarinet

Program Notes:

Around the 1950s, performers and composers began to seriously study and catalogue the extended techniques possible on various woodwind instruments. In the clarinet world, William O. Smith was one of the early pioneers, and much of his work has been refined by modern composer-performer Eric Mandat. I have had the privilege of meeting Eric several times and am currently engaged in a project to record all of his compositions for clarinet. In his works, he utilizes various extended techniques in a very approachable way, and I have tried to emulate this, featuring microtones, mulitphonics, and flutter-tonguing. Additional inspiration comes from the harmonic and rhythmic language of composer Kenji Bunch.

This piece was first scored as a sonata for A clarinet and piano. This new scoring for solo A clarinet and clarinet choir was inspired by Eric Mandat's piece "Music for Clarinets".

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