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
Elliott loves bebop : for two instrumental quartets / Klas Torstensson
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
sax-a trb gtr perc vln vc pf perc
Suite en noir : for bass clarinet solo, 1993 / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl-b
Three little ditties : for bass clarinet, 1986, revision 1990 / Tom Riedstra
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
cl-b
Thread : 1998 / Daisuke Terauchi
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Scoring:
3cl
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