To the North for Bass Clarinet

Thomas Simaku’s composition Clarimbasso was first published in 2008. The piece received it’s debut performance in June that year at the York Late Music Festival. Simakudedicated this piece to Maria and Damien Harron.For over a decade Albanian-born British composer Thomas Simaku’s music has been reaching audiences all over Europe and the USA winning a number ofprestigious awards such as the Serocki International Prize AHRC Fellowship DAAD Award as well as an Honourable Mention at the Musical Personalities International Competition. Many notable performances include among others those given by Kreutzer Quartet English Northern Philharmonia European Union Chamber Orchestra the New London Orchestra Amsterdam New Music Ensemble Tokyo Phonosphere Musicale Capricorn Ensemble Norwegian MedievalTrio and the Austrian 'Ticom' Ensemble.Simaku’s style combines avant-gardism and modality in his own way often with a deeply convincing inner strength structural integrity and impressivecharacter.

The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) is an Irish Hymn. It is a popular melody in the Irish diaspora and is also used by the Northern Ireland as the National Hymn before some sport events. - Alain LOPEZ / Instruments: 3 Clarinettes Sib, 1 Clarinette Basse Difficuly Level: Medium Duration: 4'15 Musical Style: Classical, Traditional Category: Arrangement Composer: TRADITIONAL Arranger: LOPEZ Alain

Flexible Woodwind Ensembl-This suite of folk songs is scored for woodwind quartet and a single unpitched drum. Although the nominal scoring is for flute two clarinets and bassoon the piece has considerable inbuilt flexibility of scoring. The options for instruments on each part are as follows: Part 1: Flute oboe or soprano saxophone Part 2: Bb Clarinet or alto saxophone Part 3: Bb clarinet alto saxophone or tenor saxophone Part 4: Bassoon bass clarinet or baritone saxophoneThe piece may be played by any combination of these instruments. Where necessary some passages have been transposed down an octave in the soprano alto and tenor saxophone parts.Where this occurs the lower pitch is also included in the score. There are also a few notes in the bass clarinet part of the March which have been taken up the octave through necessity; similarly this is indicated in the score.The drum should be unsnared and of medium low pitch. A bodhran tenor drum low tom-tom or floor tom are suggested although in the end it is up to the performer!The folk songs used in the piece are not particularly well known these days. 'Gan to the Kye' is an example of the rich culture of traditional music from Northumbria. The title means 'Go to the cows' and is a love song in which the herdsman asks his lover (in a gesture possibly lacking somewhat in romance) to accompany him whilst he tends his herd of cattle.The second movement is a setting of 'Rosemary Lane' a beautiful Somerset song. It tells of a serving girl ill-used by a sailor; as so often in traditional music the beauty of the tune is quite at odds with the unpleasant circumstances related.'Gently Johnny' is a good-humoured song in which the enthusiastic suitor is teased by the object of his affections: he is asked to cool his ardour whilst at the same time being left in no doubt that his attentions may be as bold as he wishes! The middle section uses another song this time from Middlesex called 'Jack Williams'.

for Clarinet and String Quartet - Score-David Schiff created this arrangement for Clarinet (doubling Bass Clarinet) and String Quartet of Debussy's suite of piano pieces entitled Children's Corner. The work is dedicated to clarinetist David Shifrin who premiered it with Chamber Music Northwest. Movement titles: 1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 2. Jimbo's Lullaby (bass clarinet) 3. Serenade of the doll 4. The snow is dancing 5. The little shepherd 6. Golliwogg's Ghost

For 12 players.Flute Clarinet Acoustic Guitar Mandolin Percussion Piano Harp Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass.Composed as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival's European Composers'Professional Development Programme for the Icarus Ensemble and the Nieuw Ensemble.Matthew Sergeant is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music. His work has been commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra theNieuw Ensemble and the BBC Concert Orchestra. He teaches composition and contemporary performance-practice at the Royal Northern College of Music and it's Junior Department.

Par SPARKE PHILIP. North Hills Fantasy est une commande des orchestres de North Hills High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie (directeur : Len Lavelle), dans le cadre d?un programme de commandes qui se poursuit depuis 1965 ? le plus long de ce genre aux États-Unis. La pièce s?ouvre avec un solo rêveur pour saxophone alto non accompagné qui se développe en un choral pour cors et saxos. Celui-ci est repris par les trompettes et s?apaise avant un changement de tonalité et d?ambiance, avec des solos très ornés de style folklorique pour clarinette, basson et saxos. Ces solos s?amplifient pour aboutir à un climax en tutti qui annonce le retour triomphal du choral des cors, cette fois accompagné de figures fleuries dans les vents. Mais ce climat s?estompe bientôt, des fragments des mélodies précédentes revenant discrètement pour conclure sereinement la pièce. / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Vocal Score-8'40'; voice and ensemblePublished 2006For voice Recorder (Treble & Descant) Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Trumpet 3 Violins (or 2 Violins & Viola) and Cello.First performance: 14th July 2006 BinhamPriory North Norfolk: Impulse cond.Edward Longstaff Daisy Chute vocalist.Vocal Score

29 British gems arranged for the intermediate pianist. / Classique / Partition /