composer
Klas Torstensson was born on January 16, 1951, in Nässjö, Sweden.
Education
Klas Torstensson studied composition at the Ingesunds Musikhögskola (Sweden), musicology at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), and electronic music at ...
related works
Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
cl-b
Chemin : pour clarinette basse seule, (1971) / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
cl-b
Plain language : for bass clarinet solo, 1989 / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
cl-b
Tõmba Tõmba : from the Miniatures for bass clarinet (edited by Fie Schouten) / Tobias Klein
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
cl-b
composition
Spans : bass clarinet solo, 1981 / Klas Torstensson
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