SKU: HL.14019122

ISBN 9781844492886. 8.25x11.75x0.23 inches.

By the age of forty, Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg was one of the busiest concert composers in the world. His music avails itself of all manner of modern innovations, but there is a Neo-Classical orientation in his harmonies and formal design that makes his works appealing to a wide audience. The Quintet for Clarinet and Strings was comissioned by Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and first performed in this festival in Finland in 1992. In the composer's own words: 'Despite its rather extended duration (almost 20 minutes) the work is in one continuous movement. Sections are based on either a static material composed of different scales giving the music an 'insect like' appereance, or on directional processes forcing the music to gradually change character or even physically pushing the music to extreme registers or speed.' This edition contains all the Parts.

SKU: HL.48022454

Author: Mikko Raasakka.

A guide to clarinet technique and Finnish clarinet music. A thorough and fascinating study of the potential of the modern clarinet and also a compendium of Finnish clarinet music to date. The enclosed CD contains 81 tracks featuring the examples presented in the book.

SKU: FG.55011-649-8

ISBN 9790550116498.

Antti Auvinen's (b. 1974) Eliangelis (2005) for clarinet solo challenges the conventional way of writing for a monophonic solo instrument: at times the multi-layered multiphonic figures create an illusion of polyfony, and at times the timbres for the clarinet are augmented by a combination of broken sound and pitchless hissing. Sounds created by unusual ways of playing do not sound artificial. Auvinen uses them in a service of the musical substance understanding the features of the clarinet. Despite its modern approaches, the music of Auvinen slips with ease into the centuries-old classical-music continuum, and the emotional charges generated by music occupy an important role. Art, he says, affects people deepest down, in the realm of emotion.

SKU: FG.706334-10-3

ISBN 979-0-706334-10-3.

A work in five movements which are played without pause. Juhani Nuorvala makes his music using elements that fascinate him most and that his mind and body respond to. These elements he finds not only in old or new classical music but in various forms of urban music, such as the electronic music or modern dance clubs.

SKU: FG.55011-832-4

ISBN 9790550118324.

Romantic modernist - or modern romanticist - Lars Karlsson (b. 1953) composed his Clarinet concerto (2013-2015) for Christoffer Sundqvist. Connections with Nordic mythology and clarinettist as a shaman turned to a more traditional concerto concept in three movements. Harmonic and melodic use of fourths and fifths forms an important basis for the musical material.

This product includes a solo part and a piano reduction (B4 sized).

Orchestral material available on hire from the publisher.

Instrumentation:
1(+picc).1.1(+cl picc).1−1.2.1.0−1.2−str
Percussion: Timpani, gong, piatto sospeso, tamburo piccolo, silofono, campanelli.