Klarinet Archive - Posting 000322.txt from 2008/01
From: "Francis Firth" <Francis.Firth@-----.uk>
Subj: [kl] Contrabass Clarinet Concerti
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:54:27 -0500
Dear Bear Woodson,
The earliest contrabass clarinet concerto of which I am aware is:
Landre, Guillaume: Concertante per clarinetto contrabasso ed orchestra.
- Amsterdam: Donemus, 1960.
I found this on the Australian Music Centre site:
Sweet-spots : concerto for contrabass clarinet and ensemble / Thomas
Reiner. -2006
SCORE
1 facsimile score ([i], 25 p.) ; 21 x 30 cm.
ISMN: M-67305-869-9=20
Flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat, contrabass clarinet in B flat, tenor
trombone, percussion, pipa, violin, viola, violoncello, double bass.
10 min.
AMC Library number: 785.5219/REI 1=20
The Norwegian clarinettist Terje Lerstad has written the following:
OPUS 113 D:=20
ADAGIO FOR CONTRABASS CLARINET AND CLARINET CHOIR(1986)=20
A quite romantic adagio for contrabass clarinet and clarinet choir,
where especially the sound colors in the ensemble are explored. The solo
instrument has a range of 5 1/2 octaves and also uses special
articulation and polyphonic techniques.
There is the triple concerto by Donald Martino for clarinet, bass
clarinet and contrabass clarinet where he uses the 3 as a kind of single
clarinet with hugely extended range but it does need 3 players.
Of concerti for contrabassoon there is:
Kalevi Aho Concerto for Contrabassoon - this has a really extended range
but should be readily playable on contrabass clarinet
Gunter Schuller Concerto for Contrabassoon
Donald Erb Concertino for Contrabassoon
Terje Lerstad: Concerto for Contrabassoon
Vazgen Muradian: Contrabassoon Concerto Op. 86
Harold Laudenslager Concertato Contra
Ruth Gipps Leviathan for Contrabassoon and Orchestra (not exactly a
concerto more of a nocturne)
Ralph Nicholson: Impromptu for Contrabassoon and Orchestra
Daniel Dorff: Concerto for Contrabassoon
Victor Bruns: Concerto for Contrabassoon Op. 98
Roger Smalley: Concerto for Contrabassoon, Double String Orchestra,
Percussion and Harp (IV and V)
There is a good list of concerti for contrabassoon here:
http://www.robertronnes.com/TheSoloContrabassoonList.html
I hope that this helps.
Francis Firth
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