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
Basset : for 3 bassethorns, 1998 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
3bh
Sparkle : for bass clarinet and tape, 1989 / Takayuki Rai
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet; Electronics with different instruments; Clarinet with electronics
Instruments:
cl-b tape
Cairngorm : for clarinet quartet, 1990 / Will Eisma
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Clarinet
Instruments:
3cl 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