{"title":"Bass Clarinet Choir","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"supra-bass-clarinet-version","title":"SUPRA (9 bass clarinets)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: 9 Bass Clarinets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDURATION: c. 10:00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score and a complete set of parts in PDF format.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqZ5GALZTsU?si=blAn0qlNDzgio1kY\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROGRAM NOTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSupra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is inspired by the folk music of the Republic of Georgia. In fall 2011, I started singing in a Georgian choir, and became increasingly fascinated by Georgian music and culture. A Supra is a traditional Georgian feast, used to celebrate a wide variety of occasions, from birthdays to weddings to holidays, featuring a constant flow of food and alcohol, impassioned toasts, stories, jokes, prayers, singing, and dancing. This composition draws on the harmonies and nuances of Georgian music, filtered through my own influences from minimalism, klezmer, and impressionism, to create a narrative loosely based on a supra feast. Beginning with the sunrise and a morning chorale, it proceeds through a prayer, feverish preparations for the dinner, feasting, dancing, and finally a triumphant return of the opening chorale, which gradually fades and melts back into the evening.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49643575050478,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6738\/8654\/files\/supra-bassclarinetnonet-FINALp1.jpg?v=1790891236"},{"product_id":"ultimate-transformation-fire-bass-clarinet-ensemble","title":"ULTIMATE TRANSFORMATION: FIRE (8-part bass clarinet choir)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: \u003cspan\u003e Bass Clarinet Choir (8 parts)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDURATION: c. 5:00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score and a complete set of parts in PDF format.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A538490631\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=true\u0026amp;show_comments=false\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=false\u0026amp;visual=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROGRAM NOTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final movement of the mega-bass-clarinet-ensemble multi-composer work \u003cem\u003eThe Parliament of Reeds\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomage to Harry Sparnaay \u0026amp; Guido Six\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. Ancient Roots (Earth) – Cornelius Boots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eII. Inspirated (Water) – Beth Custer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIII. The MythoLogical Heart (Air) – Stephan Vermeersch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIV. o (Space) – Eric P. Mandat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV. Ultimate Transformation (Fire) – Jonathan Russell\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49643576459502,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6738\/8654\/files\/Fireforbassclarinetensemble-FINALp1.jpg?v=1790729871"},{"product_id":"purcell-hear-my-prayer-o-lord-8-bass-clarinets","title":"PURCELL: HEAR MY PRAYER O LORD (8 bass clarinets)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: \u003cspan\u003e Bass Clarinet Choir (8 parts)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDURATION: c. 2:30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenry Purcell’s gorgeous choral work arranged for bass clarinet octet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score and a complete set of parts in PDF format.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wnrTy-cp9Ms?si=MI3VdgNnyh8to7Jh\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49643576688878,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6738\/8654\/files\/HearMyPrayerOLordarr.forbassclarinets-scorep1.jpg?v=1790726797"},{"product_id":"a-requiem-for-2020-bass-clarinet-ensemble","title":"A REQUIEM FOR 2020 (14 bass clarinets)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: 14 Bass Clarinets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDURATION: c. 20:00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score and a complete set of parts in PDF format.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bhzis9ZyPd0?si=WhF3VkjoDC-0pz6k\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROGRAM NOTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 was an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime (hopefully) year. It began with raging wildfires in Australia, a stark embodiment of the impending catastrophe of human-made climate change. This was followed by a once-in-a-century (hopefully) global pandemic that would cause the death of millions around the world, as well as untold social disruption, as millions upon millions of people were forced to stay at home, lost work, and adjusted to lives of mask-wearing and isolation. In the United States, the summer brought an unprecedented outpouring of protest over the country’s dark legacy of racism as manifested most vividly in the brutal police murder of George Floyd. The year culminated in a shocking first: the refusal of an American president to concede his election loss, as he and his allies disseminated a toxic stew of lies and conspiracy theories that tens of millions of Americans believed – and, on January 6th, 2021, acted on, in the violent storming of the U.S. capitol, an unprecedented attempt to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. There were moments of hope as well. The outpouring of demands for racial justice was notable in the breadth and depth of its support across society. The coronavirus pandemic laid bare the deep inequalities in society – and created hope that there could finally be the political will to address them. Covid vaccines were developed at a whirlwind speed, and scientists, healthcare workers, and public health officials displayed bravery and dedication that are an inspiration to all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a lot to process. No doubt social scientists, historians, public health officials, psychologists, artists, and all the rest of us will be reflecting on and learning from the events of 2020 for years, if not decades to come. A Requiem for 2020 is one early attempt at this processing. The work has no specific narrative, but taps into the swirl of emotions that dominated 2020 – fear, anxiety, sorrow, loneliness, rage – and slivers of hope. It is meant both to evoke the churning events and emotions of the year, and also to offer some space to grieve, reflect, remember, and find solace – hence the “requiem” in the title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work was composed for the Boston-based bass clarinet ensemble “Improbable Beasts” and premiered virtually at ClarinetFest 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49643577114862,"sku":null,"price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6738\/8654\/files\/2020requiemforbassclarinets-FINALp3.jpg?v=1790715914"},{"product_id":"prelude-chant-bass-clarinet-ensemble","title":"PRELUDE \/ CHANT (7 bass clarinets)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: Bass Clarinet Choir (7 parts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDURATION: c. 4:00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score and complete set of parts in PDF format. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V7WFNCFerOY?si=0xJVhSOCfWge_gnQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROGRAM NOTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original version of this piece was simply a solo melody for any solo instrument. I composed it in 2006 or 2007 to use as a prelude for a church service when I was working as the music director at First Congregational Church, San Francisco. I didn’t notate it down at the time beyond a few quick, barely legible sketches. Over the years, I drew on it from time to time to play in church services or other settings where some contemplative music was called for. It also evolved over the years, with slight alterations and adjustments each time I played it. In May 2020, flutist Laura Lentz ask me if I would contribute something to a collection of solo flute works she was compiling called “Comfort Pieces.” The idea of the collection was to provide comfort and connection in the midst of the pandemic lockdown that was taking such a devastating toll on musicians’ livelihoods and spirits. \u003cem\u003ePrelude \/ Chant \u003c\/em\u003eseemed like a good fit for this theme, and so I fully notated it for the first time to contribute to her collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this bass clarinet version, I initially recorded only the melody on bass clarinet, and then recorded myself improvising various drones, echoes, and countermelodies against it. Through a process of iterative trial-and-error, I gradually crafted this arrangement, and then had to figure out the best way to notate it. It starts out quite calm and meditative, in the spirit of the original solo melody version, but becomes increasingly pleading and anguished as it progresses, before returning to quiet drones and distant filigrees at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49643577409774,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6738\/8654\/files\/Prelude-Chantforbassclarinetensemblep2.jpg?v=1790710252"},{"product_id":"sometimes-i-feel-like-a-motherless-child-bass-clarinet-ensemble","title":"SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD (7 bass clarinets)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: Bass Clarinet Choir (7 parts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDURATION: c. 3:40\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArrangement of traditional African-American Spiritual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score in PDF format. Note that separate parts are NOT included; all players should read from the full score.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZP3QStyTaQM?si=_Tcb3KvjG34lUH9r\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROGRAM NOTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with most African-American Spirituals, little is known about the origins of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e It first became widely known to the general public when it was performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in the 1870s, but its origins surely long predate that. The most usual rendering of the text is “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, A long ways from home. True believer. A long ways from home” with variations on subsequent verses (“Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone” etc.). The literal meaning of the text would seem to refer to the common, heart-breaking practice of breaking apart enslaved families, sending children off to plantations far away from their parents. Additional, more metaphorical meanings are also possible. However one interprets the text, the meaning of the musical melody itself is unmistakable: mournful, sorrowful, with only the slightest ray of hope coming with the “true believer” line, seeming to imply that belief in the ultimate mercy of God may one distant day bring relief. While many other Spirituals also have themes of hope or joy, and even carefully encoded instructions on how to escape slavery, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMotherless Child\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in both its text and musical content, seems to be fundamentally a song of lamentation and sorrow. For this bass clarinet ensemble version, I listened and read widely, seeking to understand the full context and meaning of the song. There is an enormous range of recorded versions by jazz singers, opera singers, choirs, and pop and rock singers. My arrangement was influenced by a combination of many versions, but draws most heavily on the direct, deeply soulful version sung by Odetta at her 1960 Carnegie Hall concert. (Odetta was one of the central musical figures of the civil rights movement, with a profound influence on artists from Harry Belafonte to Bob Dylan.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49643577344238,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6738\/8654\/files\/MotherlessChildarrforbassclarinets-FINAL-p2.jpg?v=1790709929"},{"product_id":"funky-groove-vortex-bass-clarinet-ensemble","title":"FUNKY GROOVE VORTEX (8 bass clarinets)","description":"\u003cp\u003eINSTRUMENTATION: Bass Clarinet Choir (8 parts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDURATION: c. 9:30\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYEAR COMPOSED: 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT: Purchase includes digital download of score and a complete set of parts in PDF format.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhtbygXRrT4?si=dlmGmMKzvTSID6LC\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePROGRAM NOTE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe seed of this composition comes from music I was writing for a dance production in 2019 with the San Francisco-based choreographers Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton, who have been dear friends and frequent collaborators for the past 13 years. One of the dance numbers was called “Vortex” and the music I had created for it was a relentlessly driving perpetual-motion flurry of fast notes. I was at a rehearsal with the dancers and Janice asked if we could explore a version of “vortex” that was a bit less relentless and had a “funkier groove.” So I used the pitch material of the original “vortex” music, but improvised a “funky groove” feel with it at the piano – and recorded the whole process in case anything useful came of it. This “funky groove” version did \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e end up making it into the dance show (actually, the original “vortex” music didn’t either!) but I liked it. In fall 2021 I decided to explore using it as the basis for an Improbable Beasts piece. 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Life just does that to you. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a professional setback, or even that bully in 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e grade whose confidence-shrinking taunts still linger inside you. We all have parts that are stunted, twisted, broken. How much of our life do we spend avoiding those parts, suppressing them, pretending they’re not there, or acting out to avoid acknowledging them? What if, instead, we were able to really look at our own brokenness, acknowledge it, try to make peace with it? And what if we could do the same with those around us – see and acknowledge their brokenness, indeed finding in it our common humanity? This piece is meant to create some space to acknowledge and reflect on our own brokenness, realize that we are all broken together, and hopefully find some peace and acceptance in this realization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe immediate inspiration came from the brilliant television show, “Better Call Saul,” which traces the transformation of an earnest, good-hearted, if ethically challenged young lawyer named Jimmy McGill into the over-the-top, flamboyant, near-caricature criminal cartel lawyer, Saul Goodman, who we meet in “Breaking Bad.”  We see that a series of failures and traumatic events in his life push him over the edge; the gaudy, amoral Saul Goodman persona he adopts is his way of coping, of avoiding having to face his own deep brokenness. It got me thinking about my attraction to dark television shows like Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, etc., and how the common denominator is that they are all about how people deal with their own brokenness – in most cases, in deeply destructive ways. There are also occasional characters in these shows who flip the script, whose brokenness instead leads them to become stronger or more self-aware or more humble or more empathic. 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