Richards: Swan Song for Basset Clarinet (or clarinet in A) and Piano Bassoon Music_Bassoon attempts to recreate the thrill

attempts to recreate the thrill of the balcony scene using the universal language of music

Code: JP1029

Prairie Portraits was commissioned and premiered by Carolyn Hove of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for her master class in Muncie

There are 2 movements

ISMN: 979-0-3019-0374-2

Richards: Swan Song for Basset Clarinet (or clarinet in A) and Piano Bassoon Music_Bassoon attempts to recreate the thrillCode: JP2076 ISMN: 979 0 3019 0058 1 There is a myth that the swan, tuneless for its entire life, will, just before dying, suddenly find its voice and sing. The basset clarinet was presumed to have sang its swan song sometime in the late eighteenth century, having been replaced by more modern instruments. This too, however, is a myth, as the instrument has its champions even to this day, including Peter Wright, for whom this work was written. An