Catch
by Thomas Ades
Small Ensemble - Sheet Music

Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano

SKU: AP.12-0571518974

Composed by Thomas Ades. Masterworks; Mixed Instruments - Quartet; Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles. Faber Edition. 20th Century; Masterwork. Score and Part(s). Faber Music #12-0571518974. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571518974).

ISBN 9780571518975. English.

Composer's note:

Catch structures itself around various combinations of the four instruments (piano, cello, violin and clarinet). There are several games going on: at the start, the clarinet is the outsider, the other three are the unit, then, after a decoy entry, the clarinet takes the initiative. All four then play jovial 'pig-in-the-middle' with each other. The clarinet is then phased out leaving a sullen piano and cello, with interjections based on the clarinet's original tune. This slower passage gradually mutates back into fast music, and this time the game is in earnest: the piano is squeezed out, only to lure the clarinet finally into the snare of its own music.