related works

L'autunno di Christina : Dramatic scene for soprano and large ensemble / Klas Torstensson

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and large ensemble
Scoring: sopr-solo fl/picc ob/eh cl-cl-b fg tpt h trb-t/trb-b pf 2perc 2vn vla vc db

I Colli senesi : for two clarinets / Robert Groslot

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: 2cl

Etudenboek voor de onderwereld : basklarinet, 1978 / Bernard van den Boogaard

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: cl-b

Off & on : 4 bass clarinets, 1976 / Wim de Ruiter

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: 4cl-b

composition

Spans : bass clarinet solo, 1981 / Klas Torstensson

Other authors:
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