composer
The composer Klas Torstensson has lived and worked most of his adult life in the Netherlands, but his music crosses borders – in all respects. Despite the abstract nature of ...
related works
Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl-b
De inwerking : muziek voor klarinet en geluidsband, 1984 / Joost van de Goor
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet; Electronics with different instruments; Clarinet with electronics
Scoring:
cl tape
Rondino : for clarinet sextet / Julius Hijman
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
6cl
Monoloog : voor clarinet solo, 1991 / Jacques Reuland
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl
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