related works
Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl-b
Monoloog III : voor klarinet solo, (1968) / Carel Brons
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl
Ignatia : for clarinet / Oscar van Dillen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl
Sottosuolo : voor basklarinet / Ig Henneman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl-b
composition
Spans : bass clarinet solo, 1981 / Klas Torstensson
Author(s):
Torstensson, Klas
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The title refers to the extended radius of action of the bass clarinet within the piece (repertoires of articulation, motion, gestures), and to the uses of spectra: through varying the embouchure (lip pressure etc.) 'natural' harmonics are gradually added to the 'normal' tone, resulting in spectra of an exactly prescribed ambit (width). There is also an extended version, Spans/Spännvidder, for bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet and two percussionists; the bass clarinet part is identical for both versions. - KLAS TORSTENSSON