Sheet Music: Score & Part(s)Ornamental air : for basset clarinet and orchestra, piano reduction / Elena Kats-Chernin.by Elena Kats-Chernin (2007)
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Ornamental Air (2007) for basset clarinet and chamber
orchestra was jointly commissioned by North Carolina Symphony,
City of London Sinfonia, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Tasmanian
Symphony Orchestra.
In writing a piece for the basset clarinet, Kats-Chernin set out
to accent the flexibility and colors of this unusual instrument,
while giving it a natural home in the context of the orchestra.
The wide range of the basset clarinet allows opportunity for
virtuosic arpeggios and scales from the instrument's lowest to
upper most register in a relatively short period of time, as
demonstrated in the rhythmic and dance-like first movement. The
second movement is slower and contemplative, beginning with a
simple ornament which unfolds gradually into a broader motif
based on Liszt's Libestraum. In contrast to the leaps
and runs of the previous movement, the basset clarinet shows its
deep and soulful qualities with long sweeping lines and sustained
melody. The basset clarinet again shows its agility in the
breathless final movement, as patterns shift in intervals around
the centre of a chord, changing with each passing bar. The piece
concludes after a virtuosic acoompanied cadenza-like material,
tying Kats-Chernin's signature lyricism and relentless rhythmic
energy together.
Published by: Australian Music Centre (under licence from Boosey & Hawkes) — 1 score 50p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part (19p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 29 min.
In 3 movements.
Commissioned by North Carolina Symphony, City of London Sinfonia, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Includes program note.
If you wish to purchase the solo part only, please contact the Centre.
Work revised 2011
Typeset edition.
This edition produced Aug 11.
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