related works
No Slash : for violin, violoncello, piano and percussion / Klas Torstensson
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vln vc pf perc
Divertimento : for four clarinets and bass clarinet / Julius Hijman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
4cl cl-b
For Ever Wonderful : for clarinet in B flat or basset horn in F / Calliope Tsoupaki
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl/basseth
Musiquettes I : voor klarinetkwartet, 1981 / Willem Strietman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
3cl 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