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Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
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Sonata #1 Movement 1 in D Minor for Clarinet and String Quartet
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.647704 Composed by Handel, G…
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.647704 Composed by Handel, G. F. Arranged by Nick Lacanski. Classical,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 11 pages. Theupperstaff #2837237. Published by theupperstaff (A0.647704). This is the opening Grave movement.
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Sonata in D for Clarinet and String Quartet III. Allegro
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.648740 Composed by Bach, C.P.E. Arranged by Nick Lacanski. Classical,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 16 pages. Theupperstaff #4822419. Published by theupperstaff (A0.648740).
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Sonata in D for Clarinet and String Quartet III. Allegro
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Sonata in D for Clarinet and String Quartet I. Andante
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.648711 Composed by Bach, C.P…
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.648711 Composed by Bach, C.P.E. Arranged by Nick Lacanski. Classical,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 12 pages. Theupperstaff #4819811. Published by theupperstaff (A0.648711).
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Sonata in D for Clarinet and String Quartet II. Allegretto
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.648726 Composed by Bach, C.P…
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.648726 Composed by Bach, C.P.E. Arranged by Nick Lacanski. Classical,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 15 pages. Theupperstaff #4821381. Published by theupperstaff (A0.648726).
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"Lasciatemi morire" for Clarinet and String Quartet
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.963381 Composed by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Cristiano Vecchi. Contemporary,Instructional,Opera,Renaissance,Standards. Score and parts. 8 pages. Cristiano Vecchi #4986193. Published by Cristiano Vecchi (A0.963381). Lasciatemi morire (Let me die), published by Claudio Monteverdi in the Sixth Book of Madrigals, is the polyphonic version of the famous Lamento d'Arianna.Arrangement for: Clarinet in Sib - Violins 1&2 - Viola - Cello .Duration: 1'50.SCORE and PARTS.MP3 also available on this website.
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Clarinet Quintet, opus 155 (2013)
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
Clarinet, String Quartet - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Thoma…
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Clarinet, String Quartet - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 21st Century, 20th Century, Romantic Period, Classical Period, Baroque Period. Score. With Allegro III. 28 pages. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee
Program note.<br> Clarinet Quintet, opus 155 is the fourth work I have written for Nancy Braithwaite. The first one was written on the occasion of her sister’s wedding in Vermont. Nancy premiered the solo clarinet piece “Trinca di Chôro” during the wedding ceremony. The second work was “Yo Picasso” (2007) for clarinet, viola, cello and piano. The work was tailor-made for the Arto Ensemble which consisted of two married couples: Oane (piano) and Nancy (clarinet), and Prunella (viola) and Guus (cello). The third work was “Octet in D, opus 144” (2012) scored for clarinet, horn, bassoon, string quartet and double bass. Nancy and her Dutch colleagues premiered the work in a program with the Schubert Octet in Bunnik, a small village west of Utrecht in the Netherlands.Many great composers have tackled the clarinet quintet, most notable Mozart and Brahms.<br> My Quintet is somewhat different in that there are a lot of jazz elements and something new that I have not tackled before: polymeter.<br> <br> Clarinet Quintet, opus 155 is in seven movements.<br> <br> I. Largo<br> II. Allegro<br> III. Interlude 1 … Presto<br> IV. Adagio<br> V. Reprise … a bit faster than before!<br> VI. Interlude 2 … Adagio<br> VII. Allegro con moto<br> <br> The work begins with a clarinet meditation over pianissimo string chords. The music is very static … not unlike the sacred music of Arvo Pärt. This is followed by an allegro that is in 12/8 featuring a pizzicato jazzy bass figure played by the cello. The third movement is my experiment in polymeter. The ostinato pattern is grouped in a metrical scheme of 4, 3, 4 and 5; but the octave melody in the clarinet and first violin unfolds in standard duple meter of 4. The middle fourth movement is an adagio. This is an example of what I love about music, a soaring melody above slow haunting chords. A reprise of the jazzy Interlude 1 comes next, but in a slightly different guise with new elements, both melodically and harmonically.Interlude 2 is reminiscent of the meditative music of the first movement, but again it is quite different in mood and atmosphere.The finale is another experiment in polymeter. At first the metrical scheme is in a pattern of 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3 and 2. But eventually the meters get all scrambled up. Have fun trying to count. You’ll get lost! Above the “oom-pah oom-pah” accompaniment, the clarinet soars like a flying bird … diving, hovering, dipping and swooping!!!<br> <br> ENJOY!!!<br> <br> Audio link. Copy and paste the URL link into your browser.<br> <br> https://thomasoboelee.bandcamp.com/album/clarinet-quintet-opus-155-2013<br> <br> Video link: https://youtu.be/2fByM3tEAqc
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Clarinet Quintet, opus 155
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