Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band
General Info
Year: 2015
Duration: c. 10:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bandworks Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $175.00; (digital) - $150.00 | Score Only (print) - $30.00; (digital) - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo B-flat Soprano Clarinet
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band consists of one large movement with three contiguous sections following a brief introduction: Comodo – Lirico – Meccanico. The character of each section is quite different, one from another, but so is the compositional style and harmonic vocabulary. Each movement explores various traits of the clarinet’s “personality”, if you will – and affords the soloist ample opportunity to be expressive in both highly technical and sweepingly lyric passages throughout virtually the entire range of the instrument. The ensemble itself maintains a very active role throughout, and is often on equal footing with the soloist in terms of the evolution of the piece.
Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band was commissioned by the New Jersey City University Consortium for New Music, led by Professor Joseph D’Auguste, clarinet professor at NJCU. The premiere performances were given in November and December 2015 by the NJCU Symphony of Winds and Percussion under the direction of the composer and with Professor D’Auguste as soloist.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Amador Valley High School (Pleasanton, Calif.) Wind Ensemble I (Jonathan Grantham, conductor; Brooke Emery, clarinet) - 20 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)
- Amador Valley High School Wind Ensemble (Pleasanton, CA; Jonathan Grantham, conductor; Michelle Ho, clarinet) - 3 June 2016
- Montgomery County Concert Band (Charles Neidhardt, conductor) - 19 May 2016
- New Jersey City (Jersey City, N.J.) University Symphony of Winds and Percussion (Patrick J. Burns, conductor; Joseph D'Auguste, clarinet)] – 17 November 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Always We Begin Again (2010)
- Amazing Grace
- Ancient Dialogue (2006)
- Anthem (Theme and Variations on the National Anthem of Poland) (2011)
- As I Gaze from the High Mountain (2010)
- Bal Masque (as arranger) (1893/)
- Be Thou My Vision
- Benediction (2021)
- Cadet Parade (2007)
- Celebration Fanfare
- Cortege (as arranger)
- Count Not the Hours
- Dances on the Golden Shore
- Desert Caravan
- Diamond Variations
- Electric City Celebration (2013)
- Energies: Suite for Band
- Enchanted Night
- Fairest Morning (2020)
- Fantasy on "Salve Regina" (2011)
- Fawn Grove Fanfare (2022)
- Flight of Years (2000)
- Go and Ask My Mother (as arranger) (1848/)
- Gothic Dance (2008)
- Harford Rhapsody
- The Hawk's Revenge (2012)
- Hometown (2002)
- I loved well those cities...
- An Impulse to Soar (2012)
- Joyful Spirit March (2008)
- Legend of the Omaha (2011)
- Let the Future Begin
- Lighted Streets on Quiet Nights
- Music for a Celebration (2001)
- My Love Is Fairer than Any (2019)
- Noble Vision (2021)
- North Country March
- Oasis (2017)
- Oceanport Overture
- Overture on Canadian Folk Songs (2005)
- Panis Angelicus (as arranger) (1872/)
- Perfect Trip (2006)
- A Prayer (2016)
- Prelude and Toccata (2019)
- Prelude in F Minor (as arranger) (1911/2011
- Pride and Purpose (2007)
- Regal Ceremony (2006)
- Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band (2015)
- 'Round the Bend (2023)
- Ryukyu-Bushi (2012)
- Seize the Day! (Carpe Diem) (2010)
- Sempre Avanti (2008)
- Sennet (2018)
- Simmering Chesapeake
- Simple Song
- Soundtrack
- Spirit Unseen
- Splendid Star (2011)
- Spring Song (as arranger)
- The Sun Just Touched the Morning (2010)
- Suspended Animation (2007)
- Symphonic Dance (2002)
- There Will Come Soft Rains (2016)
- Three Prayers (2013)
- Time: A River of Passing Events (2009)
- Toccata (2008)
- Transformed Spring (2010)
- The Valedictory of Saint Paul
- Victory Lap
- Vignettes (2017)
- With Every Step, a Memory
- Zephyrus: God of the West Wind (2009)