Large Ensemble Clarinet,Multi-Percussion,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.981232
Composed by Judith Cloud. Contemporary. Score and parts. 88 pages. Judith Cloud #6710237. Published by Judith Cloud (A0.981232).
Composer Notes
HiJinx! was commissioned by clarinetist Peter Wright in the spring of 2013. It is a mostly humorous piece aimed at entertaining the audience and the members of the orchestra. I also intended it to be a suitable companion to the Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations, also featured on the Jacksonville Symphony's 2014-15 season opener. Keenly aware of Peter's fine soloistic abilities I approached organization of the work around quotations from well known clarinet solos. The work was composed between December and March with Peter's mischievous personality constantly in mind, thus the inclusion of random quotations from opera, chamber music and popular song.
HiJCloud: HiJinx!
List of themes as occurring in the score:
1. Crusell Concerto for Clarinet #3, Allegro Risoluto
2. After Debussy Première Rhapsodie
3. Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
4. Honegger Pacific 231
5. Hummel Sonata for piano, op. 81, Finale
6. Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin
7. Martin & Blane Clang, clang, clang went the trolley
8. Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin
9. Brown & Freed Singin' in the Rain
10. Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
11. Rameau Chansons de nos plaisirs from Acanthe et Céphise
12. Hugo Friedhofer: Dudley's theme from the film The Bishop's Wife
13. Mozart Voi che sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro
14. Thomas Je suis Titania from Mignon
15. Paganini Rossini MOSE-Fantasia
16. Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel
17. Warren & Dubin The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)
18. Bernard Herrmann Psycho slasher music
19. Warren & Dubin The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)
20. (Next rhythmic and harmonic reference is from Prince: Kiss)
21. After Debussy Première Rhapsodie
22. Nielson Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
23. Warren & Dubin The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)