POD-Set of parts for Clarinet Quintet by Poul Ruders (2014). Written for Harry Cameron-Penny and The Benyounes Quartet.

Performed by Keith Dwyer clarinetAccompaniment : Cassini String Quartet: Charles Roth 1st violin; Marla Smith 2nd violin; John Madison viola; John Iatzko violoncelloWritten for his friend and fellow Mason inVienna Anton Stadler the quintet was completed in September of 1789 and premiered a few days before Christmas of that year. It is one of Mozart's most perfect accomplishments ? a score of proud serenity transparenttexture and radiant beauty. It is also an example of Mozart's uncanny ability to combine the best parts of chamber music and concerto music. The solo clarinet leads the ensemble but does not subjugate it. There is an infinitevariety of interplay between the performing partners and all five instruments undertake the virtuoso's role at one time or another. 'The result ' says Homer Ulrich 'is a piece of music whose charm and delicacy are difficult toduplicate in the literature of strings and winds.' This deluxe 2-CD set includes the quintet in its original key with printed parts for both A and B-flat clarinets and adds a repitched version for B-flat clarinetists allowingplayers of that instrument easier execution plus the ability to learn the same fingerings as the composer's intended A clarinet for performance purposes.Includes a high-quality printed music score for B-flat clarinet; anda compact disc containing a complete version with soloist in split-channel stereo (soloist on the right channel); then a second version in full stereo of the accompaniment minus the soloist. Also includes a second compact disccontaining a recording of the quintet repitched to allow B-flat clarinetists to play the original written part for A-clarinet.

For Soprano and Chamber Ensemble (Clarinet in A Viola Cello and Double Bass).This extended version of a knot of time was commissioned by Faith Wilson. First performance on 10th OCtober at the CBSO Centre Birmingham by Sarah Leonard (Soprano) and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Richard Baker.''a knot of time' began its life in 1992 as a piece for the Composer's Ensemble for Clarinet Viola Celloand Bass with Mezzo Soprano. It was originally the title of only one setting using the poem 'Cada cancion' by Lorca. The tessitura of the vocal line always seemed generally too low for the music and there were also problems withthe clarinet writing so I changed the mezzo-soprano to soprano. I also felt that I should add more settings for the piece to have more of a life and so was thrilled when Faith Wilson asked me for some music to celebrate her 60thbirthday in 2008. I decided immediately to add two more Lorca settings to this first setting. I wrote 'El grito' and 'El silencio' quite quickly in June 2008. I added 'Aire de Nocturno' in October of the same year but stilldidn't feel that it was complete and so added a brief and rather explosive setting to close in April 2010; 'El puñal en el corazon'. The whole piece will be premiered in October 2010 with the soprano Sarah Leonard and membersof the BCMG eighteen years after the initial response to Lorca's texts.'     - Simon Holt

a minor op. 114-Johannes Brahms?s late chamber works are surely among the most splendid music ever written for the clarinet. In the last years of his life Brahms seems to have become weary of composing but fortunately for posterity in 1891 hemet the solo clarinettist of the Meiningen court orchestra Richard Mühlfeld whose mellifluous art of performance captivated him and inspired him to new works. The Trio op. 114 is melancholy and autumnal in character and isloved by all clarinettists. It is now available from Henle in a revised edition. Brahms?s manuscript of his op. 114 lies in Munich the home city of G. Henle Publishers. The musical text follows that of the New Brahms CompleteEdition and thus guarantees the highest degree of precision and reflects the current state of research. The pianist Klaus Schilde has added valuable fingerings to this Urtext edition.

Written for flute clarinet violin viola cello and piano.This work was commissioned by the Australia Ensemble with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council. It was first performed by the Australia Ensembleat the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on 16 November 1984.

Easy Popular Movie Instrumental Solos is an accessible selection of movie hits for the beginning student, with simple notation and a play-along CD. Available for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, cello and piano accompaniment. Believe (The Polar Express); Come So Far (Hairspray); Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Balboa); Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone); In Dreams (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); James Bond Theme (Casino Royale); Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz); The Pink Panther Theme (The Pink Panther); Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark); Way Back Into Love (Music and Lyrics)

For Flute Clarinet Violin Viola Cello and Piano.Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble.First performance: Sydney June 1985.

For 12 players.Flute Clarinet Acoustic Guitar Mandolin Percussion Piano Harp Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass.Composed as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival's European Composers'Professional Development Programme for the Icarus Ensemble and the Nieuw Ensemble.Matthew Sergeant is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music. His work has been commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra theNieuw Ensemble and the BBC Concert Orchestra. He teaches composition and contemporary performance-practice at the Royal Northern College of Music and it's Junior Department.

Altazor was commissioned by Festival D'Autumne a Paris 2011 computer designed realised at IRCAM-Centre Pompidou Studios by Lorenzo Bianchi comuter designer.On completion of this work the composer is a member ofSistemaAltazor is composed for Baritone Voice Flute Clarinet Oboe Percussion Piano Violin Viola Cello and live electronics.

Written for flute clarinet violin viola cello and piano. Commissioned by the Australian Ensemble with assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australian Council.

Easy Popular Movie Instrumental Solos is an accessible selection of movie hits for the beginning student, with simple notation and a play-along CD. Available for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, cello and piano accompaniment. Believe (The Polar Express); Come So Far (Hairspray); Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Balboa); Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone); In Dreams (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); James Bond Theme (Casino Royale); Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz); The Pink Panther Theme (The Pink Panther); Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark); Way Back Into Love (Music and Lyrics)

For Clarinet solo with wind quartet and string quartet. Score OnlyFirst performed by Michael Collins Clarinet London Winds and the Endellion String Quartet on 27th January 2011 at the Wigmore Hall London.Scoring:Solo ClarinetFluteOboeBassoonFrench Horn2 ViolinsViolaCelloDuration:circa 13 minutes'During a visit to the exhibition of Francis Bacon at the Tate Gallery in December 2008my eye fell on Figure in a Landscape 1945 which resonated in me powerfully. It is a sceneof devastation and despair and also it seemed to me of latent anger and hostility... butabove it all a serene blue sky beckons. So perhaps even in the darkest moments there is aglimmer of hope - the possibility of change.This idea became the starting point for this work - Towards the Blue - a mini concerto forclarinet who eventually becomes the leader of the group.The work starts without the clarinet and all is desolate yet fiercely argumentative discordant and uncomfortable. Suddenly the offstage clarinet is heard and the players insurprise are quietened. However when the clarinet enters and approaches with a lyricalmusical motif some of the players respond others resist. Gradually the clarinetpersuades the dissident voices to join him in a spirit of co-operation and harmony.A brief memory of the opening desolation casts a momentary shadow which is quicklydispelled by the coda marked Gioioso.'Thea Musgrave (May 13th 2010)Parts available for hire separately