Klarinet Archive - Posting 000412.txt from 2001/12

From: Christopher Rohrs <chrohrs@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Newer Clarinet Works
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 04:48:38 -0500

> I've been learning some neat things here, but
> they raise more questions. What are the newer
> sonatas, concertos and chamber works for modern
> classical clarinet music, that I should be
> studying?

There are lots of works worth mentioning...but I have
to cast my vote for John Harbison's 1982 variations
for clarinet, violin, and piano. In my opinion, this
beautiful work stands with Bartok's Contrasts as one
of the great works for that ensemble. It's filled
with tricky ensemble problems (e.g., one movement is a
canon spaced one sixteenth note apart) but is well
worth the study.

Regards,
Christopher Rohrs

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