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Author: johnwal
Date: 2010-03-16 07:15
I am auditioning for the arts competition in about a year and i was wondering if anyone could list a few pieces/concertos written for clarinet after 1950 or 1975.
Thanks for the help
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Author: Clarimeister
Date: 2010-03-16 08:34
Poulenc Sonata, Muczynski Time Pieces, was copland written in 1950? cant remember.. i think I've heard John Adam's Gnarly Buttons is a nice, tough piece also written fairly recently. Check some of those out, i'm sure there are plenty others that people will contribute.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2010-03-16 17:59
Copland was written in the late 1940s, so it wouldn't count. Another post 1950 piece would be the Francaix Concerto, which was written in 1968 or thereabouts. Corigliano's Concerto was written in 1977. Martino's "A Set for Clarinet" was written in 1954 (for unaccompanied clarinet). All three of these pieces are extremely difficult, however. (Of the three I mentioned, Francaix is probably the easiest--and it's still tough. [also a bit tiring to the ear in spots--especially the 2nd movement]) Another problem with Francaix is that the piano "reduction" seems to have been written for a Hindu deity or perhaps Zaphod Beeblebrox from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--you need more than two hands to play all the notes.
Clarimeister's suggestions might be better, although none of them are for orchestral accompaniment. Gnarly Buttons and Time Pieces are both post 1975. Time Pieces is for clarinet and piano, and Gnarly Buttons was written for a strange little chamber ensemble that includes a banjo and a sampling keyboard (with cow recording).
Poulenc is a personal favorite of mine. It was written in 1963 for clarinet and piano. The piano part is not too difficult, so it might be a good choice for that reason alone.
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Author: Pappy
Date: 2010-03-16 18:04
Recently did Monolog 3 by Erland von Koch. Unaccompanied. Written in 1975. Very fun piece. You can do a lot with it!
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Author: NBeaty
Date: 2010-03-16 18:21
Time Pieces was 1984, I believe. Written for Mitchell Lurie.
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Author: Ryan25
Date: 2010-03-16 18:57
Here are some more options:
Rudolf Moser concerto for clarinet and strings Op. 101 (1960)
Eric Ewazen Ballade for clarinet, Harp and string orchestra( 1987)...very beautiful music.
William O smith five pieces for solo clarinet (1959)
Elliot Carter Gra (1993)
Lutoslwaski Dance Preludes (1956)
There is a ton more music that works. Do some digging on line.
Post Edited (2010-03-16 19:23)
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Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2010-03-16 22:10
Has anyone played Alan Hovhaness' Concerto for Clarinet and Strings "Talin"?
There's a version of it for viola, and I'm not sure which version came first. I think it was written in the 50s or 60s. I've always enjoyed Hovhaness' music, but I've never heard this performed.
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Author: djphay
Date: 2010-03-16 23:23
From an English perspective, Finzi's Clarinet concerto was written in the 50s (not the 5 Baguettelles, which were written in the 40s, I think). Arnold Cooke wrote both a Sonata and a Concerto, I only know the Sonata. Howard Blake wrote a concerto for Thea King in the 1980s too.
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Author: Paul Miller
Date: 2010-03-17 00:09
Gnarly Buttons was written in 1996. WONDERFUL piece of music.
I'm also a big fan of Mark Carlson's "Hall of Mirrors"
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Author: Roger Aldridge
Date: 2010-03-19 15:32
John,
Check the American Music Center -- http://www.amc.net . If you do a search on clarinet you'll find a lot of pieces.
There's also the American Composers Forum site.
Roger
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Author: mrn
Date: 2010-03-19 18:32
djphay wrote:
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From an English perspective, Finzi's Clarinet concerto was written in the 50s (not the 5 Baguettelles, which were written in the 40s, I think).
The Finzi Concerto's a gorgeous piece and a personal favorite, but it premiered in 1949, so it was ALMOST written in the 50s but not quite. See the below link:
http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Gerald-Finzi-Clarinet-Concerto/7046
Another neat piece that was written post-1950, though, is the Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano by Martinu (Czech composer). It was written in 1956 (when the composer was living in New York), and is a great piece for players with good rhythmic sense. It sort of varies from being sort of rhythmically off-kilter to having a real groove--a fun piece.
Speaking of Sonatinas and English composers, Malcolm Arnold's Sonatina was written in 1951.
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