1997

for any member of the clarinet family

By:

• James Gardner

Duration:

01' 00"

Contents:

Single movement

Samples

	Score (117k)	Page 1	© James Gardner
	Recording (305k)	0:00 - 0:44
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Availability

• This work has 2 scores and 6 recordings

Programme Note

This short piece was written as a twenty-first birthday present for clarinetist Esther Smaill. The melodic fragment heard at the outset soon skitters over its own unstable surface, mutates into fanfare-like repetitions, is spliced with momentary cantabile inserts, is interrupted by slow motion signposts, and blows itself out in a final burst of energy.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Dedication:

For Esther Smaill on her 21st birthday

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Performance History

	25 Jul 1998	Performed by 175 East, at Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland
		175 East
	11 Aug 2010	Performed by 175 East (Gretchen La Roche, clarinet) at a Waikato University Lunchtime Concert in Hamiltion
		175 East