Davies's feeling for the potency and bravura of the clarinet goes back to works of the 1960s; his concerto for the instrument is predictably a big ranging piece in two linked movements. The first fast with a brief slowintroduction has the soloist in propulsive melodic flights slipping over into florid runs but it is a virtuoso piece for the orchestra especially for the marimba and pair of horns. The Adagio that follows is in the spare cold birdcall-riven style of other recent Davies slow movements exploiting first the clarinet's low register and then at its climax the instrument's high extremes. A cadenza leads to the coda where Davies introduces a Scots tune previously hinted at with which he brings the work to an end in F sharp major.Miniature score.

for Clarinet and Orchestra-In late 1791 Mozart wrote his famous work the Concerto for ?Bassettklarinette? and Orchestra K.622 known today as his Clarinet Concerto. The challenging virtuoso piece was written for Anton Stadler and the music follows the three-part structure of Allegro Adagio and a Rondo finale.This work was first published in 1801 and by no less than three publishers. It is one of the most important works in the Clarinet repertoire and remains a popular work to the present date.Urtext of the New Mozart EditionFull score & performance material (BA4773) Clarinet in A & Piano reduction (BA4773-90) and study score format 22.5 x16.5cm (TP254) available for saleClarinet in B-flat & Piano reduction (BA4773-38)Reconstructed version for Basset Clarinet and Orchestra full score (BA4773-01)

Published in 1953 the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra was composed by the French composer conductor and winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1927 Henri Tomasi (1901-1971). This concerto was dedicated to Ulysse Delécluse (1907-1995) a French Clarinettist known for his transcription of 'Quinze études' by J. S. Bach for the clarinet. Each of its three movements were chosen to be the examination pieces at the Paris Conservatoire the first movement for the Examination Solo in 1953 and the second and third for the Contest Solo in 1966. This concerto begins with an unconventional start the clarinet playing on its ownand being joined later by the orchestra. It also contains some unusual material such as polychords and dissonances through the piece. Notes on this concerto by Henri Tomasi himself were written in 1957 describing the importance of the improvisation for the principal topic.

für Klarinette und Streicher / for Clarinet and String Orchestra-Arranged for Clarinet and Piano.

Walter Piston's Clarinet Concerto is available here as a Reduction for clarinet and piano arranged by the composer.

'Les deux concertos offrent au clarinettiste un rôle valorisant et lui donnent l'opportunité de montrer sa brillante virtuosité et d'atteindre des effets inhabituels en utilisant tous les registres?, commentait avec justesse le biographe de Weber Julius K / Clarinette Et Orchestre / Partition