Par CABANISS MARK. 'I Love Thee' first appeared in a volume of 137 songs and hymns titled Christian Harmony, compiled by Jeremiah Ingalls and first published in 1805. This lively hymn is now included in many hymnals from various Christian denominations. This arrangement for clarinet choir, though only two minutes in length, features the tune presented in three different styles. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Clarinettes

Par LEMMENS JACQUES-NICOLAS. Fanfare by Belgian composer Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823?1881) is a composer unfamiliar to most, unless you happen to be either an organist, or a Belgian (or a Belgian organist!). At the age of 26, he was appointed organ teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with two of his most accomplished students being Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor. In 1879 he founded a school for church music in Mechelen, Belgium, which would later bear his name upon moving to Leuven in 1968. The Lemmensinstituut has since broadened its curriculum beyond church music and is a prominent, award-winning music conservatory. This Fanfare of Lemmens is an organ piece popular to play as a postlude or as a wedding recessional. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Clarinettes

Par SOUSA JOHN PHILIP. The Black Horse Troop by John Philip Sousa, arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston. John Philip Sousa composed this popular march at the end of 1924 and it was premiered at a concert of the Sousa Band the following year in Cleveland, Ohio. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Clarinettes

for Clarinet Choir-La Rhapsodie hongroise n° 2 est la deuxième d'une série de 19 Rhapsodies hongroises de Franz Liszt. Elle est de loin la plus célèbre de la série parce qu'elle permet au pianiste de révéler des compétences de virtuose tout en offrant à l'auditeur un attrait immédiat et irrésistible.Que ce soit sous sa forme originale pour piano solo ou dans sa version orchestrale cette composition a souvent été employée dans les dessins animés. Ses thèmes ont également inspiré plusieurs chansons populaires.Composée en 1847 et dédiée au comte László Teleki la Rhapsodie hongroise n° 2 fut d'abord publiée pour piano solo en 1851 par Senff et Ricordi. Son succès immédiat et sapopularité dans les salles de concert engendrèrent rapidement une version pour orchestre arrangée par le compositeur lui-même en collaboration avec Franz Doppler.Le compositeur japonais Tohru Takahashi a réalisé une splendide transcription de cette oeuvre pour ensemble de clarinettes. Une musique merveilleuse pour des musiciens avancés !

For Clarinet Choir-Rikudim (de l?hébreu rikud ?danse?) est une suite de quatre danses originales inspirées de la musique traditionnelle juive. L?utilisation d?une structure tonale orientale l?introduction de mesures irrégulières et la richesse sonore de l?orchestration apportent à cette œuvre une teinte mélancolique mais surtout une grande authenticité. Les thèmes très inspirés sont clairement différenciés. L?harmonisation quelquefois surprenante sans jamais être dénaturée confère à ces quatre danses originales juives une grande richesse d?expression.

For Clarinet Choir-There???s a Boat Dat???s Leavin??? Soon for New York/It Ain???t Necessarily So/Summertime/I Got Plenty o' Nuttin??? is a song from the American opera Porgy and Bess composed in 1935 by George Gershwin (1898-1937) to a libretto by DuBose Heyward and his brother Ira Gershwin after Heyward???s novel Porgy - a story about the love between the crippled negro beggar Porgy and the girl Bess in the city of Charleston in South Carolina. The premi?re - not a huge success - took place on 10 October 1935 in New York.With his opera Gershwin wanted to gain recognition as a composer of classical music. Incidentally he demanded that all parts were sung by black performers; only a few unimportant parts without sung lyrics were allowed to be performed by white actors. This rule still applies: Gershwin has stated in the terms of his will that only black people were allowed stage the opera.Porgy and Bess has become popular only after Gershwin???s death. In 1959 a wonderful film was made; the soundtrack won a Grammy Award. The work is not very often performed possibly because of the difficulty of finding a whole cast of black opera singers. However various pieces from the opera are still regularly performed in numerous arrangements.