Sheet Music: ScoreFive bagatelles : for B flat clarinet / John Peterson.by John Peterson (2009)
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These five short pieces were written in order to explore the wide
range, the versatility and agility, and also the expressive
qualities of the Bb clarinet. The first bagatelle features the
use of short fragments of chromatic scale passages that coalesce
into various formations creating melodic and rhythmic variety
within the confines of this semi-tone based scale.
The second bagatelle focuses on the use of intervals of the minor
second and major seventh, intervals that are traditionally
considered quite dissonant, and explores their melodic potential
within a simple ternary structure created out of slow, quite
reflective, outer sections that contrast with a more lively
central section. The third bagatelle is very fast in tempo and
makes use of a rondo-like structure that allows for three
repeated statements of a section that features rapid arpeggiated
passages, that arc across the wide range of the instrument,
interspersed with two other sections that feature variations of
fragmentary melodic material. The fourth bagatelle is in two
sections: it explores
contrasting meter, primarily 5/8 and 6/8, in a slow tempo in the
first section, and then features a lilting melodic motif in a
more regular 6/8 meter in the second section. The final bagatelle
is very fast in tempo and very rhythmic, with the music propelled
forward by the use of alternating bars of 11/8 and 13/8
throughout. These 'additive' rhythmic structures allow for the
constant alternation between long and short beats that keep the
music sounding a little off-balance but always driving forward
towards the inevitable climactic moments.
Published by: Wirripang [979 0 720106 38 0] — 1 score (22p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 13 mins, 40 sec.
I. Allegro agitato (2 min., 10 sec.) -- II. Adagio – Allegretto agitato - Adagio (3 min., 20 sec.) -- III. Allegro molto (2 min., 30 sec.) -- IV. Andante e poco rubato – Poco allegretto (3 min.) -- V. Allegro molto e agitato (2 min., 40 sec.).
Includes programme note and biographical information about the composer.
Typeset edition.
ISMN: 979 0 720106 38 0
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