Par CURTIS MIKE. Bulgarian Bat Bite was written in 2003 as a commission by the Quartetto Italiano di Clarinetti. It is an adaption and expansion of the composer´s 1992 duet, Khyberian Catfit, which is included in his 10 Klezmer Duos, published by Advance Music of Germany. The Duo‘s name referred to the antics of the family cat, Khyber, without alluding to the Balkan influences upon the composers following a summer, 1992, klezmer tour to Eastern Europe. The name “Bulgarian Bat Bite� properly conveys the influence. The transition to half-clarinets (mouthpiece inserted into the lower joint) in the middle section, discovered in the composer’s lengthy exploration of free jazz, creates non-datonic scales more associated with folk instruments and ecstatic dance. / Niveau : Avancé / score and parts / Recueil / 4 Clarinettes (3 Clarinettes en Sib et Bass Clarin

Par RAE JAMES. James Rae's eminently successful tutor Introducing the Clarinet was the first of its kind providing the complete beginner with material in popular styles yet allowing for a sound musical development along traditional lines. Now, complementing the tutor, James Rae has produced these three volumes to introduce the beginner clarinettist to ensemble playing. The parts are of the same technical level and are written, with hints and tips along the way, to familiarize the beginner with a new set of considerations and become a good team player. Each of the volumes contains: • easy pieces introducing the various aspects of music making with others • all parts are in the low register • especially suited to group teaching • ideal material for concerts and examinations/ Recueil / 4 Clarinettes

Melodic charm, bel canto sensibility, impressionist harmony à la Française and jazz rhythm influences unite in this quartet for three B-flat Clarinets and Bass Clarinet. Yellow Green was premiered on July 23rd, 2013 at the Teatro Municipal de Niterói (Rio de Janeiro) by the musicians of the Omega Quartet: Maurício Silva, Deusiel da Cunha de Souza, Diego Abreu and Mateus Falkemback (bass clarinet). Approximately 9 minutes in length, the title - Yellow Green - is a tribute to the two colours of the Brazilian flag. The introduction gives way to a vast Fugue (marked Vivace) dipped in the colours of swing. The central Adagio floats a dreamy, timeless melody. The brief finale brings together the fugue's thematic material with one last recommendation for the performers: 'Feel jazz?. This invigorating work was recorded for the Chant de Linos label by its dedicatees, the Omega Quartet clarinetists. / 4 Clarinettes

Toccata, Adagio e Fuga per quartetto di clarinetti. Par CALLIGARIS SERGIO. Sergio Calligaris was born in Rosario (1941), Argentina. He is one of the last musicians to incarnate the traditional 19th century figure of pianist, teacher and composer, inaugurated at the beginning of the 19th century by Muzio Clementi and carriedon after that by a sequence of famous names that the history of music has handed down to us. As a pianist, he began to give public performances at the age of 13, making his debut in his home town Rosario. Following this success, he embarked upon an extremely busy career as a soloist, giving numerous recitals in Buenos Aires and other citiesin Argentina. He continued to take advanced lessons with eminent exponents of the most prestigious international piano schools. In 1974 he became an Italian citizen and settled in Rome, teaching piano as principal instrument at the S. Pietro a Majella StateConservatory in Naples, the Luisa DAnnunzio Conservatory in Pescara and the Alfredo Casella Conservatory in Aquila. As a composer, he began - at just 9 years of age - to study in the rigorous school of Paul Hindemith, under the guidance of Father Luis Machado, from whom he inherited a love of counterpoint and a strong taste for harmony. He took a diploma incomposition, counterpoint and fugue at the age of 16 at the Amigos del Arte Society in Rosario, going on in 1964 to do an advanced course in 12-tone counterpoint at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The catalogue of his compositions, which has nowreached Op. 55, encompasses a huge range of instrumental/vocal chamber music and symphonic works: a vast and articulated catalogue, in which Sergio Calligaris’s composition expresses its inspiration through the dramatic development of a dialecticalcontrast between the two natures of the composer’s personality - the elegiac and the dithyrambic - which confront and interact with each other giving rise to artistic outcomes of a deeply moving nature. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Date parution : 1905-06-17/ Répertoire / 4 Clarinettes

Par CURTIS MIKE. After the success we enjoyed with Klezmer Wedding the demand for a new piece from professionals and school ensembles, was overwhelming so the composer wrote this new unique three-movement suite. Each movement can be performed individually. / Niveau : Avancé / score and parts / Recueil / 4 Clarinettes (2 Clarinettes en Sib, Alto-Clarinet

Gospel-swing. Compatible with the editions for saxophones and brass. / 4 Clarinettes (2 en Bb, 1en Eb, clarinette basse en Bb)

Ecrite dans un style traditionnel et dotée d'une mélodie accrocheuse, You Are My Sunshine est certainement l'une des chansons d'amour américaines les plus populaires du XXe siècle. Dans les années 1940, sa popularité stimula énormément la réputation de ses interprètes d'origine, Jimmie Davis et Charles Mitchell ' au point où elle servit de tremplin à la carrière politique de Davis, qui fut élu, en 1944, au poste de gouverneur de la Louisiane. Arrangée par Mike Sheppard, cette version pour quatuor est très accessible et obtiendra un beau succès lors de votre prochain concert.

La chanson You Raise me Up a figuré au hit-parade dans de nombreux pays. Teintée d'accents irlandais, sa mélodie pleine d'imagination est extrêmement puissante et aussi accrocheuse que du velcro. Elle a été admirablement arrangée par Bert Appermont.