Clarinet choir
SKU:
P2.30089
Composed by
Arthur Gottschalk.
Chamber music, 20th
century. Published by
Potenza Music (P2.30089).
Composer Arthur
Gottschalk says, Suite
Nothings was commissioned
by Houston Symphony
clarinetist Richard
Nunemaker for his
Effortless Clarinet
Studio. It is dedicated
to Michael Perricone, a
talented amateur
clarinetists and member
of Nunemaker's studio,
who was diagnosed with
Stage 4 cancer just prior
to rehearsals for the
seventh annual studio
recital. Movement 1 ('The
March of the Licorice
Stick Figures') is a
strange little march, at
times duple and others
compound. Movement 2
('Weird Harold's Stomp')
is a touch more funky,
albeit in 13 beat
groupings, and owes a
partial debt and perhaps
apology to jazz legend
Herbie Hancock. The final
movement is an all-out
atonal yet swinging romp,
whose theme was
originally written for
the Band of the First
Battalion, Royal
Australian Regiment,
based in Townsville,
Queensland. These guys
march into battle with
full field packs, their
weapons, AND their
instruments! Hence the
title, 'The Royal
Australian Regiment
Rondo'..