Clarinet contrasts

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Three Romances for clarinet and piano Op.94 (1949)

I. Nicht schnell
II. Einfach, innig
III. Nicht schnell

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Première rhapsodie (1910)

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1959)

Moderato - Allegro - Andante - Poco allegro

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano (1945)

I. Prelude (Allegro deciso)
II. Romance (Andante tranquillo)
III. Carol (Andantino semplice)
IV. Forlana (Allegretto gracioso)
V. Fughetta (Allegro vivace)

Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
Clair (two pieces for solo clarinet) (1980)

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and piano (1810)

I. Andante
II. Theme
III. Variation 1 (più mosso)
IV. Variation 2
V. Variation 3 (poco più mosso) - Minore (Largo) - Maggiore (più mosso)

Clarinet sings Opera

Maurice Ravel (1975-1937)
Pièce en Forme de Habanera for clarinet and piano (1907)

Johannes Brahms (1894)
Sonata for clarinet and piano op.120 No 2 (1833-1897)
I. Allegro amabile
II. Appassionato, mo non troppo allegro
III. Andante con moto – Allegro

Salvador Brotons (b. 1959)
Sonata for clarinet and piano Op. 46 (1988)
I. Moderato
II. Recitativo – Allegro ritmico

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Je Veux Vivre

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1925)
O mio Babbino caro

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
Summertime (from “Porgy and Bess”)

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
It Ain’t Necessarily So (from “Porgy and Bess”)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Seguidilla (from “Carmen”)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Gipsy Dance (“Chanson bohème”- from “Carmen”)

The Voice of the Clarinet. A recital of art-songs

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pièce en Forme de Habanera for clarinet and piano (1907)

Norbert Burgmüller (1810-1836)
Duo in Eb major, op.15 (1834)

Giulio Caccini (1546-1618)
Amarilli, Mia Bella

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Gretchen Am Spinnrade

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Requiem

Salvador Brotons (b. 1959)
Sonata Op. 46 (1988)
I. Moderato
II. Recitativo – Allegro ritmico

INTERVAL

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
War Et Ein Tröm?

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Beau Soir

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Les Berceaux

Fernando Obradors (1889-1948)
Coplas de Curro Dulce

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata in Eb major, Op.120 Nº 2 (1894)
I. Allegro amabile
II. Appassionato, mo non troppo allegro
III. Andante con moto – Allegro

Swinging clarinet

Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Theme and Variations for clarinet and piano (1974)

I. Largo - Moderato
II. Variation 1 (Larghetto misterioso)
III. Variation 2 (Presto)
IV. Variation 3 (Moderato)
V. Variation 4 (Adagio)
VI. Variation 5 (Tempo di valza)
VII. Variation 6 (Prestissimo)

Joseph Horowitz (b.1926)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1981)

I. Allegro calmato
II. Lento, quasi andante
III. Con brio

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1941-42)

I. Grazioso – poco più mosso
II. Andantino

George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Summertime (from “Porgy and Bess”)

George Gershwin (1898–1937)
It Ain’t Necessarily So (from “Porgy and Bess”)

Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Just One of Those Things

Spanish repertoire for clarinet and piano

Miguel Yuste (1870-1947)
Estudio Melódico Op. 33

Salvador Brotons (1959)
Sonata Op. 46 (1988)

I. Moderato
II. Recitativo – Allegro ritmico

INTERVAL

Blai Soler (b. 1978)
Cantus Firmus (2006)

Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002)
Self-Paráfrasis (1969)

Ramón Carnicer (1793-1866)
Fantasy (1849)

English repertoire for clarinet and piano

Malcolm Arnold (b.1921)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1951)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andantino
III. Furioso

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1946)
I. Con moto, dolce e con tenerezza
II. Allegro, ritmico, con brio

INTERVAL

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Six studies on English folk songs (1927)
I. Adagio
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Larghetto
IV. Lento
V. Andante tranquillo
VI. Allegro vivace

Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1934)
I. Molto moderato
II. Vivace

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Five Bagatelles (1945)
I. Prelude (Allegro deciso)
II. Romance (Andante tranquillo)
III. Carol (Andantino semplice)
IV. Forlana (Allegretto gracioso)
V. Fughetta (Allegro vivace)

French repertoire for clarinet and piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Duo Concertant Op. 351 (1956)

Camille Saint Saëns (1835-1921)
Sonata in E flat major Op. 169 (1918)
I. Allegretto
II.Allegro animato
III. Lento
IV. Molto allegro

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Première rhapsodie (1910)

INTERVAL

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1962)
I. Allegro tristamente (Allegretto)
II. Romanza (Très calme)
III. Allegro con fuoco (Très animé)

Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Theme and variations (1974)
I. Largo - Moderato
II. Variation 1 (Larghetto misterioso)
III. Variation 2 (Presto)
IV. Variation 3 (Moderato)
V. Variation 4 (Adagio)
VI. Variation 5 (Tempo di valza)
VII. Variation 6 (Prestissimo)

André Messager (1883-1953)
Solo de Concours (1899)
Allegro non troppo - Andante - Allegro non troppo - Allegro vivo

Romantic German music

Heinrich Baërmann (1784-1847)
Adagio for clarinet and piano (1821)

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Grand Duo Concertant Op. 48 (1816)

I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondo (Allegro)

Norbert Burgmüller (1810-1836)
Duo in E flat major Op.15 (1834)

I. Allegro
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasiestücke Op. 73 (1849)

I. Zart und mit ausdruck
II. Lebmaft, leicht
III. Rasch und mit fever

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata in F minor Op. 120 Nº 1 (1894)

I. Allegro appassionato
II. Andante un poco adagio
III. Allegretto grazioso
IV. Vivace

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Fantasy and Variations on a theme by Danzi Op.81 (1815)
Allegro molto - Andantino - Allegro molto - Andantino

Solo contemporary

Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Sequenza IXa for solo clarinet (1980)

Donatoni, Franco (1927-2000)
Clair (two pieces for solo clarinet) (1980)

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933)
Prelude for solo clarinet (1987)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Three Pieces for solo clarinet (1918)

Tom Johnson (b. 1939)
Tilework Series for solo clarinet (2005)