This collection of pieces for Clarinet and Piano will provide wonderful new encore repertoire for clarinettists. Includes transcriptions and arrangements of technical showpieces by Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov Kreisler and Paradis. Suitable for competent players.

For solo Clarinet in Bb and Ensemble.Clarinet and Piano Reduction.Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center through the generous support of the Mervyn Geffen M.D. and Norman Solomon M.D. New CommissionsFund.First performance by Brent Besner Clarinet and fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center August 2010.1. With Vigour2. Free and Enigmatic3. CalmoThere is usually some sort of extra-musicalstarting point for my pieces and for the Clarinet Concerto this was ‘The Cracked Bell’ by Baudelaire. In a short space of time the work seemed to take over and move further away the original stimulus with the character andinteractive roles of the soloist and ensemble were suggested by the wintry evocative atmosphere of the poem.The piece opens with declamatory cadenza-like passages in the clarinet that are in turn commented on by theensemble. A more playful section where the clarinet line is very virtuosic leads to a long gently-unfolding melody in the ensemble that begins in the depths of the bass register and gradually gets much higher. Virtuosicclarinet lines interject against the accompaniment and both pursue their own course until culminating in a high impassioned melody for the clarinet coloured by fast-moving passage work in the higher registers of ensemble. Themovement ends with the ‘call and response’ lines of its opening.The second movement opens with an extended solo for the clarinet in its haunting chalumeau register. With each rising phrase the clarinet line gets higheruntil the ensemble enters in unison. The movement becomes much faster and energetic from this point with brisk fleeting lines for soloist and ensemble.The third movement is the most reflective of the three. It opens witha flute solo leading to the solo clarinet line and makes much of the poignant singing style which is so characteristic of the instrument. A melancholy falling passage in the ensemble becomes a recurring feature before the

Mozart's Divertimento No.3 K.439b is in 5 short and delightful movements edited and arranged for Clarinet with Piano Accompaniment by Georgina Dobree. Dobree has taken this splendidly mature work which originallycomposed for Clarinet Trio and arranged the parts for a solo clarinet with piano accompaniment. The clarinet takes the 'first' part while the 'second' and 'third' parts are arranged for the piano.The solo clarinetpart is also included on a separate insert.

Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926) is a British composer and conductor who is best known for his involvement the 1951 Festival of Britain and for works such as Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo. HisConcertante (1948) was his first published composition written while he was still studying under Gordon Jacob at the RCM. It was modelled on the Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet but is written in adecidedly 20th century idiom. Originally scored for Clarinet and String Quartet this version for Clarinet and Piano was transcribed by the composer.

Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Piano is an impressive chamber work by Witold Lutoslawski. The five movements which form this work are based on folk songs from North Poland providing a variety of contrasts.This is the original version of the work composed in 1954 for Clarinet and Piano. This piece was later revised for chamber ensemble and again for orchestra.The solo clarinet part is also included on a separateinsert.

Suite for Emma is written in four movements – Valse the haunting Pavane Ballade and the Scherzo finale – and calls upon the entire range of the clarinet as well as demanding a very high level of musicianship inthe Piano. Although written for Emma Johnson’s clarinet the Suite is a partnership between the instruments.John Dankworth was a towering figure in British jazz almost from the earliest years of his career as a jazzcomposer Saxophonist and clarinetist and as an educator and speaker until his death in 2010. This piece was written for Emma Johnson the 1984 Young Musician of the Year. She has since recorded it.

For clarinet and piano. In February 1909 Debussy was elected a member of the Conseil Superieur of the Paris Conservatoire and in this capacity was called on to serve on the jury at internal competitions. He wasinvited to write two test pieces for the 1910 clarinet contest; one for the interpretation class the other for the sight reading test. The Premiere Rhapsodie was composed during December 1909 and January 1910 concurrentlywith work on the first book of Preludes for piano.

This work which was written shortly after the Trumpet Sonata and the Five Pieces For Piano was first performed by Georgina Dobree and the composer at the 1957 Darmstadt Festival. The score was subsequently lost but wasrediscovered by Kevin Corner in 1983.'This is a dramatic emphatic and at times extravagant piece. The first movement is a Moderato reaching through wide-flung clarinet lines and keen piano gestures to a great climax near theend. Then comes a quick movement a kind of demonic scherzo including a cadenza for the clarinettist. The finale is an Adagio that gradually achieves a sort of simplicity though not before exceedingly testing times for bothplayers.Duration c. 25mins.

Originally for Clarinet and Orchestra this edition is for Clarinet with a Piano reduction of the orchestral score reconstructed by Simon Milton.

Three Intermezzi for Clarinet and Piano-Edited by Colin Bradbury.  Two works for the clarinet by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) are well known; the concerto Op. 80 of 1902 and the sonata Op. 129 of 1918. By the time he wrote the first of thesethree Intermezzi Stanford was an established composer with over seventy works to his credit.

Camille Saint-Saens' Sonata For Clarinet And Piano Op.167 as edited by Paul Harvey. The solo clarinet part is also included on a separate insert.