Chamber Music Bass
Clarinet 1, Bass Clarinet
2
SKU:
PR.114424360
Composed
by Daniel Dorff. Set of
performance scores.
Duration 6:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-42436. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114424360).
ISBN
9781491137765. UPC:
680160691548.
The
title SONATINA D’AMORE
tells it all. This brief
3-movement suite
resembles a classical
sonatina in form and
lightness, while
d’amore expresses the
music’s gentle warmth,
often resembling an
operatic love scene.
SONATINA D’AMORE is
equally suitable for
social duet playing as
well as for
recitals.
Sonatina
d’Amore began as a
simpler set of short
duets for recorders,
which later was developed
for a commission from
Susan Nigro and Burl Lane
(The Two Contras) for
their Crystal CD of
contrabassoon duets, and
I gave the piece an
Italian title in Sue’s
honor.There’s a play on
words as some low
instruments have amore in
their names, like Oboe
d’Amore. My love for
the sound quality of low
winds was also part of
the amore, and this
transcription for bass
clarinet (my “native
instrument”) makes the
title even more fitting.
The music itself is a
further amore, as the
relationship between the
instruments is often like
an operatic love duet
with flirtatious
counterpoint and resolved
parallel thirds.This
adaptation for deep
clarinets was created for
the Morii Duo (Lindsey
Hutchinson and Rick
Ferrarelli) as extra
repertoire while I was
composing Cosmic
Menagerie.