pour clarinette (La), 2 violons, alto, et violoncelle. Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. En 1890, Brahms avait pour ainsi dire pris la résolution d’en finir avec la composition. Mais sa rencontre avec le clarinettiste Richard Mühlfeld lui donna tellement d’inspiration qu’en peu de temps il composa aussitôt plusieurs œuvres pour lui. Le Quintette op. 115 aux mélodies célestes fait partie depuis sa création en 1891 des œuvres préférées du public comme des musiciens. Dès la préparation pour la mise à l’impression – et sans doute avec un regard sur la diffusion future de l’œuvre – fut réalisée une version alternative avec un alto à la place de la clarinette, qui fut créée par ni plus ni moins que le grand Joseph Joachim lui-même, et qui reçut l’autorisation de Brahms. C’est pourquoi l’édition Urtext de Henle, revue sur la base du texte de la Nouvelle édition intégrale des œuvres de Brahms, comprend également la partie d’alto alternative. La responsable d’édition Kathrin Kirsch donne dans une courte préface un aperçu sur la genèse de l’œuvre, et fournit dans les Bemerkungen ou Comments d’intéressants éléments de discussion sur les variantes liées à la réception de l’œuvre./ Répertoire / Clarinette (La), 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

Robin Milford was a friend of Gerald Finzi and this work certainly owes something to that major 20th century composer. The Quintet is full of wonderful tunes as well as robust and characteristic writing for both the Clarinet and Strings. Arranged for Clarinet and String Quartet.

Bliss Quintet For Clarinet And String Quartet Study Score. Duration 26 minutes. Composed 1932.

Parts for Arthur Bliss's Quintet For Clarinet And String Quartet. Duration 26 minutes. Composed 1932.

For Clarinet solo with wind quartet and string quartet. Score OnlyFirst performed by Michael Collins Clarinet London Winds and the Endellion String Quartet on 27th January 2011 at the Wigmore Hall London.Scoring:Solo ClarinetFluteOboeBassoonFrench Horn2 ViolinsViolaCelloDuration:circa 13 minutes'During a visit to the exhibition of Francis Bacon at the Tate Gallery in December 2008my eye fell on Figure in a Landscape 1945 which resonated in me powerfully. It is a sceneof devastation and despair and also it seemed to me of latent anger and hostility... butabove it all a serene blue sky beckons. So perhaps even in the darkest moments there is aglimmer of hope - the possibility of change.This idea became the starting point for this work - Towards the Blue - a mini concerto forclarinet who eventually becomes the leader of the group.The work starts without the clarinet and all is desolate yet fiercely argumentative discordant and uncomfortable. Suddenly the offstage clarinet is heard and the players insurprise are quietened. However when the clarinet enters and approaches with a lyricalmusical motif some of the players respond others resist. Gradually the clarinetpersuades the dissident voices to join him in a spirit of co-operation and harmony.A brief memory of the opening desolation casts a momentary shadow which is quicklydispelled by the coda marked Gioioso.'Thea Musgrave (May 13th 2010)Parts available for hire separately

For Clarinet and String Quartet.Published in 2011.Parts.This work was commissioned by Linda Merrick and the Kreutzer Quartet to whom it is dedicated as a project involving commission performance recording and  educational and outreach work. It was supported by funds provided by the PRS for  Music Foundation RVW Trust The Holst Foundation the Royal Northern College of Music and the Ida Carroll Trust. The first performance was given at the Royal Northern  College of Music Manchester on June 15th 2011.

After Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet-Inspired by Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet which draws on fragments of folk tunes from northwestern China. This edition presented for solo clarinet (B flat or A).

Score and Parts-Score and Parts. Premiere performance was given by the Audubon Quartet and James Campbell on November 24 1987 in New York.