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Quozart, Op. 70 (2016)

A Fantasia on Operatic Themes - A Theatre-Piece for Harmonie Ensemble and Various Soloists

Live Performance:

Perry Emerson, Sho Kato, solo flutes; Dominic Giardino, Sammy Lesnick, solo clarinets; Abi Arnold, solo bassoon; Audrey Yu, Elliot Lichtenberg, oboes; Hannah Pearson, clarinet; Joe Clark, basset horn; Dana Brink, Dolly Canevari, bassoons; Abigail Black, Caroline Baker, horns

Perusal Score:

Duration: 9'

Instrumentation:

  • Harmonie Ensemble:
  • Oboes 1-2
  • Bb Clarinet
  • Basset Horn
  • Natural Horns 1-2 in D, Eb, F, A, Bb alto
  • Bassoons 1-2
  • Soloists:
  • Flutes 1-2
  • Bb Clarinets 1-2
  • Trombone

Program Notes:

While playing together in an opera pit junior year (Ned Rorem's "Our Town", in case you're curious), my dear friend and fellow clarinetist Dominic Giardino approached me and asked me to write him a piece for his senior recital. Eastman requires that all degree recitals have a piece written in the last forty years. Dominic is an aficionado of earlier music - he has recently acquired a few period clarinets and is planning on continuing on in period performance. So, he was looking for a newly- composed piece in the style of Mozart. After much discussion back and forth, we settled on a fantasia on operatic themes, with a stationary harmonie ensemble and a variety of dramatic soloists. While it is of course possible to perform the piece with an entirely stationary ensemble, this is to be strongly discouraged as it was very much conceived as a theatre-piece.

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