3 Short Stories (Klar-St.) 1. Uncle Bebop 2. Rays of Light 3. Latin Dance. Klarinettenstimme allein by Gernot Wolfgang Clarinet Solo - Sheet Music

SKU: DB.36-00605-KLAR

ISBN 9790012404378.

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Wow! Composer Gernot Wolfgang has written another keeper of a work here for the unlikely combination of viola and bassoon! ... As is the case with his other chamber works, Gernot's compositional style draws heavily on the elements of jazz and widely expanded traditional harmony ... The three movements: Uncle Bebop, Rays of Light and Latin Dance, follow the traditional fast-slow-fast format and forms for the most part, but as with his other works, are immediately captivating for their expressiveness and excellent, interesting musical ideas that draw the listener right in ... I cannot recommend this work strongly enough to you - a true keeper. (Ronald Klimko, The Double Reed) The first Story is a twitchy frolic entitled 'Uncle Bebop' which is naturally rather jazzy, though not in a superficial way. 'Rays of Light' is slower and more plaintive - overcast rather than sunny - and there is little duetting as such. The final Story is called 'Latin Dance', without loss of interest. There is a humorous fake ending to the work. (musicweb-international.com, May 2011) // Wolfgang is especially inventive in frisky and poetic material for such pairings as viola and bassoon, which weave Three Short Stories (Gramophone, Aug. 2011) // We return to a jaunty, funky use of bassoon with Three Short Stories. The juxtaposition of viola and bassoon makes for a plangent clash of textures and ideas, and it is this three-movement piece that most resembles a unified concert work. (B. Rayfield, FANFARE MAGAZINE Jul/Aug. 2011) // (...) The three movements of Short Stories make for an effective triptych with two riotous rhythmic romps framing a rhapsodic, cadenza-like centerpiece. (...) jawdropping, with syncopations, cross-rhythms, and the frequent long general rests perfectly unanimous. (...) (Journal of the American Viola Society, Vol. 28/1 (2012).