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.