
Oh, and the first movement is properly bonkers. Weirdly tranquil, often troubling and not a little bit tricky to play properly, this is a subtle charmer for player and audience. Go straight for the second movement on this one. And, like so many of the pieces on this list, it’s actually fun to play.ġ0. Just for a few moments in a symphony that pretty much defines the word ‘epic’, the clarinet line in the second movement breaks through and makes a hugely characterful interjection. Somehow Finzi manages to bend the pastoral with the highly flamboyant, and consequently it’s a concerto that defies categorisation. *low trill* *HIGH TRILL!* *low trill* *HIGH TRILL!* That’s about it, really.

Unless you’re playing it, in which case you’ll just pass out. Songs include: Bugle Call Rag (Pee Wee Russell) Come (Kathy Jensen) A.
#Standard clarinet solo repertoire how to#
Super-aggressive, choppy and violent in the beginning, a second movement that seems to stop time altogether, and a finale that is so close to being too much that you might just vomit. Includes solo transcriptions in standard notation, lessons on how to play them. Rarely do composers do that whole ’so wrong it’s right’ thing better than Malcolm Arnold. Effortlessly cool, dramatic and with a firework display at the end, it doesn’t really get much better than this for clarinet and piano.ħ. Syllabuses are available free of charge from the LCM Exams office or from local. But once you’re through that, you’re in for some serious magic realm-building. Six levels are offered, ranging from Grades 1-2 to DipLCM standard. So the first phrase of this whole piece is a G to a B flat to a C, right on the throat of the instrument, which is just about the most annoying phrase you could possibly start on, technically speaking.
