PARTITIONS GRATUITES : CLARINETTE
- Solstice

SKU: PR.114418230

ISBN 9781491109939. UPC: 680160640713. 9x12 inches.

Summer Solstice is a 19-minute concerto in three movements, composed for solo clarinet with a colorfully-textured string orchestra. The piano reduction is comfortably voiced for recital use. Dorff's joy in writing for his own instrument is readily heard in the warm cantabile writing and gracefully idiomatic passagework. Drawing inspiration from the elegance of Mozart's concerto and the rhythmic grit of Copland's, Dorff's concerto is a true hybrid of jazz-inspired language with classical form and counterpoint. The Philadelphia Inquirer has written, Summer Solstice is light without being insubstantial, melodic without being obvious. It has an invariably American sound. Orchestral score and parts are available on rental. Full score is also available for sale as study score (416-41604) or large score (416-41604L).____________ _________________________ Text from the scanned back cover:Summer Solstice (Concerto for Clarinet and Strings)The Philadelphia Inquirer has written “Summer Solstice is light without being insubstantial, melodic without being obvious. It has an invariably American sound.” SUMMER SOLSTICE is a 19-minute concerto in three movements, composed for solo clarinet with a colorfully-textured string orchestra; the piano reduction is comfortably voiced for recital use. Dorff’s joy in writing for his own instrument is readily heard in the warm cantabile writing and gracefully idiomatic passagework. Drawing inspiration from the elegance of Mozart’s concerto and the rhythmic grit of Copland’s, Dorff’s concerto is a true hybrid of jazz-inspired language with classical form and counterpoint.

SKU: SU.46200060

Clarinet, Violin & Piano Duration: 16 ' Composed: 1979 Published by: Verdehr Trio Inventions on the Summer Solstice was written for the Verdehr Trio in 1979. It is an evocative work, enhanced by such effects as the spatial modulation of the violin and the second invention, and the addition of claves, maracas, wire brushes used inside the piano, and a toy cricket to augment ensemble’s timbral resources. Michigan State University Press.