Composed by Ed Hughes. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. Full Orchestra. 50 pages. UYMP #1298515. Published by UYMP (A0.1737186).
Clarinet Concerto (Sky Blue) is in three movements (fast, slow, fast). The first and third movements are for solo clarinet and full orchestra. The second movement is for solo clarinet and strings only.
The solo versus ensemble dynamic is at its most intense in the third movement where different kinds of textures are explored, exchanged and resolved.
The subtitle "Sky Blue" is from a painting (1940) by Wassily Kandinsky in which figures appear to float freely across a clear blue sky. The painting has been described as ‘an ethereal, Miró-like confection with biomorphic squiggles that buzz like glimmering insects in the afternoon sun’ (Mona Molarsky). There are some places in the music which feature soloists in the orchestra alongside the solo clarinet, perhaps like the free-floating figures in Kandinsky’s painting.
The music has passages of simplicity, contrasting with places of greater complexity. The opening of the work is radiant, with energy and warmth. This material is recalled towards the end of the work in the third movement. Between these points, lightness, darkness, changing colours, tempos and tensions are explored.
The work was conceived for solo clarinet in A, to make use of this instrument's expressive timbre and range, including its low C sharp (in the second movement).
The work was written for the clarinettist Alison Hughes and is dedicated to Jenny Hughes on the occasion of her 80th birthday. A recording of the premiere is available to listen to here: https://edhughescomposer.com/clarinet-concerto .
Ed Hughes 28.4.2022.
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Composed by Ed Hughes. This edition: pdf. 21st Century. Full Orchestra. 50 pages. UYMP #1298515. Published by UYMP (A0.1737186).
Clarinet Concerto (Sky Blue) is in three movements (fast, slow, fast). The first and third movements are for solo clarinet and full orchestra. The second movement is for solo clarinet and strings only.
The solo versus ensemble dynamic is at its most intense in the third movement where different kinds of textures are explored, exchanged and resolved.
The subtitle "Sky Blue" is from a painting (1940) by Wassily Kandinsky in which figures appear to float freely across a clear blue sky. The painting has been described as ‘an ethereal, Miró-like confection with biomorphic squiggles that buzz like glimmering insects in the afternoon sun’ (Mona Molarsky). There are some places in the music which feature soloists in the orchestra alongside the solo clarinet, perhaps like the free-floating figures in Kandinsky’s painting.
The music has passages of simplicity, contrasting with places of greater complexity. The opening of the work is radiant, with energy and warmth. This material is recalled towards the end of the work in the third movement. Between these points, lightness, darkness, changing colours, tempos and tensions are explored.
The work was conceived for solo clarinet in A, to make use of this instrument's expressive timbre and range, including its low C sharp (in the second movement).
The work was written for the clarinettist Alison Hughes and is dedicated to Jenny Hughes on the occasion of her 80th birthday. A recording of the premiere is available to listen to here: https://edhughescomposer.com/clarinet-concerto .
Ed Hughes 28.4.2022.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
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your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page
that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not
print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
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