Clarinet choir SKU: P2.30083 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged b...(+)
Clarinet choir
SKU:
P2.30083
Composed by
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Arranged by Lori F.
Ardovino. Chamber music.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.30083).
Beethoven's
Sextet for Two Horns and
String Quartet, Op. 81b
is a bit of an oddity in
the composer's catalog.
The sextet for the very
old-fashioned
instrumentation of two
horns, two violins, viola
and cello, is especially
rare. The work seems to
have been written around
1795, in the period when
Beethoven was beginning
to make his way in
Viennese society as a
composer and keyboard
virtuoso after a period
of study with Haydn. The
work has the
light-hearted, easy-going
tone of the
serenade/divertimento
tradition, although the
way that Beethoven writes
for the horns makes the
Sextet unusual. In this
work, the horns are
featured, with brilliant
fanfares and technically
challenging passages,
while the four strings
are relegated to a
subsidiary role. In this
arrangement, the Eb
clarinet and a solo Bb
clarinet play the role of
the horns, while the rest
of the choir assume the
position of the string
parts.
Clarinet Choir SKU: IS.CC7002EM Composed by Ferenc Farkas. Woodwinds - Cl...(+)
Clarinet Choir
SKU:
IS.CC7002EM
Composed
by Ferenc Farkas.
Woodwinds - Clarinet.
Vanoosthuyse, Eddy.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #CC7002EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.CC7002EM).
ISBN
9790365070022.
Fere
nc Farkas wrote about the
origin of the
Passacaglia: In 1931,
while I was still a
student by Ottorino
Respighi in Rome, I began
to compose a Partita in 4
movements for orchestra,
whose third movement
should be a Passacaglia.
From this work, I only
finished the Passacaglia
and the Scherzo. In 1968,
I took over the
Passacaglia and
transcribed it for organ
without any modification,
except the last 6 bars, I
partially changed. In the
shape of an arch, the
work is based on a theme
that is repeated thirteen
times. Piano initially it
evolves in crescendo to a
climax in the 33rd bar,
then falls gradually to a
gently end. We do not
know when and for whom
Ferenc Farkas wrote this
version for 6 clarinets
of the Passacaglia.
