for Clarinet Quartet. Par GERSHWIN GEORGE / CURTIS MIKE (Arr.). American composer and woodwind performer Mike Curtis is equally comfortable in classical, jazz, and ethnic settings. He has toured the world as a klezmer clarinetist, played bassoon with symphonies and opera companies, and recorded on sax with jazz greats Charlie Rouse and Anthony Braxton. His compositions show the influence of those experiences and more. The Adagio (2nd movement) from George Gershwin's Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / 4 Clarinettes

Par CURTIS MIKE. Bulgarian Bat Bite was written in 2003 as a commission by the Quartetto Italiano di Clarinetti. It is an adaption and expansion of the composer´s 1992 duet, Khyberian Catfit, which is included in his 10 Klezmer Duos, published by Advance Music of Germany. The Duo‘s name referred to the antics of the family cat, Khyber, without alluding to the Balkan influences upon the composers following a summer, 1992, klezmer tour to Eastern Europe. The name “Bulgarian Bat Bite” properly conveys the influence. The transition to half-clarinets (mouthpiece inserted into the lower joint) in the middle section, discovered in the composer’s lengthy exploration of free jazz, creates non-datonic scales more associated with folk instruments and ecstatic dance. / Niveau : Avancé / score and parts / Recueil / 4 Clarinettes (3 Clarinettes en Sib et Bass Clarin

Par CURTIS MIKE. After the success we enjoyed with Klezmer Wedding the demand for a new piece from professionals and school ensembles, was overwhelming so the composer wrote this new unique three-movement suite. Each movement can be performed individually. / Niveau : Avancé / score and parts / Recueil / 4 Clarinettes (2 Clarinettes en Sib, Alto-Clarinet

The four parts of this new work by Mike Curtis are delicately interwoven. Alternating between melancholy-solemn and lively, the movements tell of festivities under the starry sky, of wonderful friendships or even a tale of the queen of the tropics? / 4 Clarinettes