Bass Clarinet Solo
SKU: IS.BC7076EM
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Arranged
by Stefano Cardo.
Woodwinds - Bass
Clarinet. Metropolis
Music Publishers
#BC7076EM. Published by
Metropolis Music
Publishers (IS.BC7076EM).
ISBN
9790365070763.
It
was 1995 when I had the
fortune to listen to the
freshly published
recording of the suites
performed by Mstislav
Rostropovich. I would
have given anything to be
able to play them, and
this was what inspired me
to study the bass
clarinet. The series of
diverse emotions which I
subsequently experienced
made me see Music in a
completely new way. I
began learning them
slowly, inevitably
adapting the text. As I
discovered their
educational value, the
knowledge of harmonic
structures, forms and
stylistic features
gradually evolved within
me. Over 20 years I have
studied various editions
and listened to the
meaning which these
suites have had for many
famous performers. I
pleasantly discovered the
commendable work of other
clarinettists who in turn
have dedicated themselves
to approaching this
composer with the bass
clarinet. The objective
of this version
isn’t to impose
conditions on how to play
the suites. We carried
out unique research into
the coherence of the
text, based on the
manuscripts of Anna
Magdalena Bach and Johann
Peter Kellner. The choice
to remove any type of
articulation and agogic
was made in order to
encourage the development
of personal
interpretation, which
obviously requires a
fundamental investigation
of the sources. This
edition comes with 4
versions of the suite.
The reason behind
producing four versions
(which are in different
keys and tones) is
because every musician
has their own tastes and
tendencies. Personally, I
prefer the bass clef
transposed to B flat
because I find the bass
clef to be the most
appropriate for the
spirit of the low
instrument.
