SKU: P2.30094

Mark My Words, originally for tuba (but just as fun to play on clarinet), was composed by James Grant in February of 2007 as a heartfelt gift to his great friend and staunch musical ally, tubist Mark Nelson, in celebration of their first collaboration fourteen years earlier (Three Furies for solo tuba). Grant writes, When I began composing Mark My Words, I told Mark to be prepared for something fun that sounded like Charlie Brown doing a funky bossa nova (think jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy). I did not tell him that the middle section of Mark My Words would make overt references to all of the principal shapes, motives and themes from the Three Furies - my way of thanking Mark Nelson, specifically, for opening wide the door of composing for tuba and euphonium those many years ago and for so enthusiastically escorting me over that threshold. I am but one of many grateful composers whom Mark has supported over the years by commissioning, then recording their music. Mark My Words is my humble attempts at giving back to this devoted educator, consummate musician, fervent promoter of new music for tuba, and - yes - kickass player..

SKU: HL.50510590

ISBN 9790080120644. UPC: 073999337594. 8.25x11.75x0.081 inches. Hungarian, English, German. Laszlo Draskoczy.

SKU: P2.30093

The titular confusion of this work came about in this way: the tunes first appeared in a 1991 musical I wrote based on Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid). Lacking faith in the musical but liking the tunes, I fashioned a few of them into the symphony - a comic symphony. Yet, it seemed to lack luster. When the opportunity came to write a work for my friend and fellow Snark Ensemble performer Ben Redwine, I decided what the material lacked was a solo voice. The tunes are still there, but now greatly elaborated and expanded upon. The final work is still very much a symphony - and no other title seems to suit it - but symphonies are generally for orchestra. Still, the size and the instrumentation for the form we call symphony have varied greatly over the years, so perhaps it's the nature of the music that makes it a symphony and not the scoring.

SKU: P2.30026

A Song for Night was composed in 2006 for Pat Stuckemeyer. It is a short composition that embodies darker harmonic texture and lush melodic lines. Intended for young musicians, the piece offers any performer a haunting ballad.

SKU: P2.30010

Ernesto Cavallini based his Second Duo on themes from Donizetti's opera Lucrece Borgia. it is a true Duo, with a virtuosic piano part that matches that of the clarinet. While it is one of Cavallini's less well-known works, this piece is full of wonderful musical moments and would make a great addition to your next recital.

SKU: HL.50485567

ISBN 9790080019214. UPC: 073999650426. 8.0x11.25x0.069 inches. Gyorgy Balassa.

SKU: HL.50510456

ISBN 9790080068793. UPC: 073999023848. 8.25x11.75x0.135 inches. Gyorgy Balassa; Melinda Berlasz; Pal Karolyi.

SKU: BT.EMBZ8687

SKU: IS.CP6302EM

ISBN 9790365063024.

The Swiss-born clarinet virtuoso Matthias Muller is one of the most versatile and inspiring clarinet players and composers of his generation. This concerto is modelled on classical forms and deploys an aesthetic that is close to the Second Age of Modernism, which does not seek renewal in external appearance but looks for own characteristic ways in the internal structure. The harmony is based on a specific chord structure, exposed in the first part and set to shape in the next parts. The technical Clarity seeks contrasts in motivic and thematic processing of the material and in pronounced variations. This concerto has been recorded by the composer on the NEOS label (20904).