Festival Classics for Clarinet

16 Solo Pieces with Piano Accompaniment-Festival Classics is a progressively graded collection of classic solos with Piano accompaniment. The book contains a fine mix of transcriptions of familiar classics along with solos written specifically for the instrument.This edition for the Clarinet contains 16 pieces and comes with an included CD.

Stamitz: Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Clarinet-Performed by Keith Dwyer clarinetAccompaniment: Stuttgart Festival OrchestraConductor: Emil KahnNo composer likes to write music without feeling that an artist exists both capable of and willing to playit to good advantage. When Carl Maria von Weber met Heinrich Joseph Baermann one of the greatest clarinetists of the early nineteenth century he delightedly began writing all sorts of work for him including several chamberpieces and the two famous clarinet concerti. In his F-minor Concerto No. 1 it is clear that Weber knew the virtuosity of his player-he makes the soloist range over the entire compass of his instrument and such quiet moments asdo occur are invariably surrounded by runs leaps and passagework of the utmost brilliance. A fantastic concerto. Also in this edition is Carl Stamitz's lovely B-flat-major concerto a most beautiful Classical-era work. Includes aprinted solo part for B-flat clarinet and two compact discs containing a complete version with soloist in digitally remastered stereo; then a second version of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist; and a -20%slow-tempo version of the accompaniments for practice purposes.

Performed by John Cipolla clarinet Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn From Bach to Tchaikovsky this collection of classics offers a unique treat spanning two centuries of great music. Arranged for clarinet and concert band. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance in split-channel stereo with the soloist on the right channel; and a second performance in full stereo minus the soloist.

20 Easy Solos with Piano Accompaniments-First Festival Solos: 20 easy Clarinet solos with Piano Accompaniments. Carl Fischer presents a new collection of solo pieces with piano accompaniments for use at festival adjudicated events or in recitals. These solos are written by two of the most popular composers of music for students: Larry Clark and Sean O'Loughlin. The solos range in difficulty from grades 1 to 2 and are progressively arranged in the book. There is a wide variety of musical styles from original compositions to beautiful arrangements of folk songs and classical pieces. Each volume includes a CD of full-version recordingsfor the student to use as examples as well as piano-only recordings to use in practice. The CD also contains piano accompaniments as printable PDF files so that the student can print the solo they need for the accompanist. This collection of solos is destined to be on every state contest/festival required music list.

Arranged to be playable by any combination of band instruments these duets cover a wide range of styles from the Baroque Period to the 20th Century. Difficulty ranges from grades II through IV providing a great deal of flexibility for the needs of young musicians. In addition to the mallet duet lines the percussion book provides an optional percussion line that can be used in place of or in addition to a duet line. Perfect for smaller ensembles with unusual instrumentation and for solo and ensemble festivals.

Postcards was written in 1991 for the Vega Wind Quintet who first performed it at the Huddersfield Festival in the same year. It is a reworking of a set of eight Bagatelles written in 1965: each movement has been rewritten and enlarged to a greater or lesser extent. The title was chosen to emphasise the nature of the pieces which are in a sense brief postcards from different genres (fugato dance etc). John McCabe (1939-2015) was a British composer pianist and music administrator. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and built a career as a virtuoso pianist. However he also wrote several hundred musical compositions ranging from large-scale orchestral works to chamber music and solo instrumental pieces - it is said the only classical genre he did not write for was opera. 

Classic Festival Solos , Volume II continues to afford the advancing student the opportunity to find performance materials graded from easy to more challenging, including exposure to a variety of musical styles. Many of these works appear on state contest lists. Contains: Adagio from Clarinet Concerto (Mozart, arr. Porter) * Andante (Gluck) * Apple Pie and Mom (Nix, arr. Ferreira) * Come To the Sea (Traditional, arr. Nix/Ferreira) * Dusty Rag (Nix, arr. Ferreira) * Excerpts from Concertino (von Weber, arr. Porter) * German band (Goldberg) * Hidin' Haydn (arr. Leonard) * Lonesome Pup (Goldberg) * Prelude to Midnight (Dallin) * Wearing of the Green (Traditional, arr. Nix/Ferreira).

Premiered at the festival 'Magma Berlin 2002' by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Robertson 29th November 2002.3 Flutes 1st and 2nd also Alto Flutes in G 3rd also Piccolo3 Oboes 3rd also Cor Anglais in F3 Clarinets in Bb 3rd also Bass Clarinet in Bb3 Bassoons 3rd also Contra Bassoon4 Horn in F3 Trumpets in Bb3 Trombones1 TubaTimpani4 Percussion four playersPlayer 1 - Vibraphone Glockenspiel Water Chime Bell Tree Japanese Wood Blocks Cymbal (Suspended) TamTam (Medium)Player 2 - Triangle Tubular Bells Crotales Marimba Chinese CymbalPlayer 3 - TamTam (Large) Java Gong(Large very low) Bell Lyra (Handheld) Sizzle CymbalPlayer 4 - Bass Drum Glockenspiel Xylophone1 Harp1 Piano also CelestaStrings - 16/14/12/10/8All transposing instruments are notated in their relevant transpositions.Any accidental apply only to the note that it immediately precedes except tied notes.Naturals appear occasionally 'for safety'.'LISTENING EARTH' is a symphonic drama a one- movement composition in four parts based on the work by two writers Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and W.H.Auden (1907-1973). Joseph Addison is not particularly well known; he was English a classical scholar essayist poet and politician but one of his hymns was used by Benjamin Britten. in his setting of a Thomas Tallis canon.The hymn is singularly beautiful and being a composer always inspired by extramusical stimuli such as poems nature paintings I was immediately convinced when I carne across the Addison hymn that here was exactly what I wanted to use as my major source of inspiration for this piece commissioned by and written for The Berlin Philharmonic. I don't refer to the hymn in its entirety but have chosen the following 3 excerpts all acting as mottos for the first three sections of the piece thus turning the piece into a straightforward tonepoem in the classical

from Hit the Deck!-This familiar classic from the 1920s is revisited by Mark Hayes creating a choral that is refreshingly new! Its energetic jazzy style highlights a positive and upbeat message. A wonderful selection for show choirs to addchoreography; vocal jazz ensembles to use their straight tone blend; and festival choirs to add style and rhythm to contemporary programs. A homerun with track or optional instrumentation! Available: SATB SAB 2-part Ensembleparts (Clarinet; Trumpets 1 2 3; Trombone 1 2 3; Master Rhythm) StudioTrax CD.