With its simple, memorable melody and folk-song style, You Are My Sunshine is undoubtedly one of America?s most successful love songs of the 20th century. Its success in the 1940s massively boosted the popularity of the song?s original performers, Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, so much so that it helped to springboard Davis? political career, culminating in his successful election as Governor of Louisiana in 1944. This arrangement for a quartet line-up is very playable and was arranged by Mike Sheppard. This piece effectively guarantees success at your next concert.

Melodic charm bel canto sensibility impressionist harmony à la Française and jazz rhythm influences unite in this quartet for three B-flat Clarinets and Bass Clarinet. Yellow Green was premiered on July 23rd 2013 at the Teatro Municipal de Niterói (Rio de Janeiro) by the musicians of the Omega Quartet: Maurício Silva Deusiel da Cunha de Souza Diego Abreu and Mateus Falkemback (bass clarinet).    Approximately 9 minutes in length the title – Yellow Green – is a tribute to the two colours of the Brazilian flag. The introduction gives way to a vast Fugue (marked Vivace)dipped in the colours of swing. The central Adagio floats a dreamy timeless melody. The brief finale brings together the fugue’s thematic material with one last recommendation for the performers: “Feel jazz”. This invigorating work was recorded for the Chant de Linos label by its dedicatees the Omega Quartet clarinetists.

For Clarinet Quintet-En 1878 le compositeur américain Henry Clay Work (1832-1884) compose la chanson My Grandfather?s Clock (?L?horloge de mon grand-père?) qui fera le tour du monde et se vendra à plus d?un million d?exemplaires.Henry Clay Work ne pouvait imaginer que le titre de sa composition allait donner naissance à un nouveau modèle d?horloge dont la notoriété dépasserait celle de la chanson. La désormais célèbre horloge de parquet dite horloge grand-père était née.