Clarinet and piano SKU: BR.EB-8980 Fantasy on Themes by Giuseppe Verdi...(+)
Clarinet and piano
SKU: BR.EB-8980
Fantasy on Themes by
Giuseppe Verdi.
Composed by Alexey Shor.
Solo instruments;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. Solo concerto;
New music (post-2000).
Piano reduction. 40
pages. Duration 15'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
8980. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-8980).
ISBN
9790004187098. 9 x 12
inches.
Verdiana is
a musical tribute to
Giuseppe Verdi. It takes
some of his most famous
melodies and reimagines
them in styles of Samba,
Bossa Nova and Tango to
produce a virtuosic
showpiece for clarinet
and orchestra. The work
is structured in three
movements. The titles of
the movements do not only
indicate from which
operas the main melodies
were taken, they also
function as a hint to the
styles in which the
movements are written.
The first movement,
titled Il Sambatore, is a
Samba based primarily on
the melodic material from
Verdi's Il Trovatore. The
second one, Un Bossa in
Maschera, is a slow Bossa
Nova and consists of an
aria from Un Ballo in
Maschera. The third and
the most virtuosic
movement is called Don
Tangoletto and derives
most of its material from
Don Carlos and Rigoletto.
The piece exists in 4
versions: Solo clarinet
with either full
orchestra, string
orchestra, string quartet
or piano. This
publication also includes
an alto sax part that can
be used instead of a
clarinet.
Clarinet and piano SKU: P2.30094 Composed by James Grant. Solo music, 20t...(+)
Clarinet and piano
SKU: P2.30094
Composed by James Grant.
Solo music, 20th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.30094).
Mark My Words,
originally for tuba (but
just as fun to play on
clarinet), was composed
by James Grant in
February of 2007 as a
heartfelt gift to his
great friend and staunch
musical ally, tubist Mark
Nelson, in celebration of
their first collaboration
fourteen years earlier
(Three Furies for solo
tuba). Grant writes, When
I began composing Mark My
Words, I told Mark to be
prepared for something
fun that sounded like
Charlie Brown doing a
funky bossa nova (think
jazz pianist/composer
Vince Guaraldi's Linus
and Lucy). I did not tell
him that the middle
section of Mark My Words
would make overt
references to all of the
principal shapes, motives
and themes from the Three
Furies - my way of
thanking Mark Nelson,
specifically, for opening
wide the door of
composing for tuba and
euphonium those many
years ago and for so
enthusiastically
escorting me over that
threshold. I am but one
of many grateful
composers whom Mark has
supported over the years
by commissioning, then
recording their music.
Mark My Words is my
humble attempts at giving
back to this devoted
educator, consummate
musician, fervent
promoter of new music for
tuba, and - yes - kickass
player..