For SATB chorus Clarinet in Bb Percussion Harp and String Orchestra.Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University the Dale Warland Singers Commission Award presented by Chorus America and funded by the American Composers Forum and Utah Chamber Artists.First performed 30 April 2012 at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall University of Utah Salt Lake City by Utah Chamber Artists conducted by Barlow Bradford.InstrumentationSATB chorus with divisionssolo soprano(optional soprano alto tenor & bass soli) Clarinet in Bb offstagePercussion (1player):    Tubular Bells Glockenspiel large Bass Drum large Suspended CymbalHarpString orchestra    (minimum 6.6.4.4.2 players)

Body And Soul for Clarinet Bass Clarinet Percussion Violin and Cello (2011). Parts available WH31294A Programme Note Posed some questions I can say: Each of us have our own reasons for finding a work successful - and each work has its own reasons for being successful very different reasons and reasons of a different kind. Speaking for myself I have opposing and often conflicting views and wishes. Automatically (!) I am attracted by music of a strict and severe nature but also by the unforseen the provocative and the devil-may-dare. And a burst of laughter to and fro shallbe welcomed - as a relief. Since the 1960's I have tried to condense the musical material as much as possible to make it as simple as possible. Complexity arises when the simple 'things' meet. 'Things' indicate that the motives of the music often can be experienced as objects.As the late Poul Nielsen put it speaking of my piece REPRISER from 1965: 'there is sound as sound - and sound as expression' . and there is 'a voice that speaks and a voice that is silent' The present new piece of mine Body and Soul is thus entitled because the brief first movement has a direct physical approach while the second movement has a more intimate spiritual and softer touch. Don Juan the Master of The Senses can be supposed to have embodied both sides in his nature. And what is Don Juan doing here? - the second movement gives the answer - by and by. Pelle Gudmundsen- Holmgreen