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Database: Notations / Scores
Category: Play In Small Groups
Sub category: Clarinetts
Art.-No.: 1002759
Title of composition: THREE DANCES
Composer: WOOLFENDEN, GUY
Appearance year: 1985
Kind of orchestra: CLR-CHOIR
Publisher: ARIEL MUSIC PUBLISHERS
Duration: 10:00
Price in EUR: (exkl. Mwst) current market price
Additional information: I. ALLEGRO MODERATO
II. ANDANTE CON MOTO
III. ALLEGRO
Text information: THREE DANCES FOR CLARINET CHOIR WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF MUSIC FESTIVALS FOR THE CLARINET COURSE AT ITS SUMMER SCHOOL IN 1985. IT IS DEDICATED TO JOHN REYNOLDS, WHO CONDUCTED THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IN HARROGATE IN JULY 1985, WITH GRATEFUL THANKS FOR HIS ENCOURAGEMENT AND ADVICE. THE FIRST MOVEMENT, WITH ITS MANY CHANGES OF METRE AND INFECTIOUS RHYTHMS, IS BASED ON A DANCE ORIGINALLY SKETCHED FOR THE MASQUE IN AN ABANDONED PRODUCTION OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.THE SECOND AND THIRD MOVEMENTS ALSO HAVE A SHAKESPEAREAN CONNECTION, AS THEY ARE EXTENDED RE-WORKINGS OF TWO DANCES FROM ACT IV OF THE WINTER'S TALE: THE GENTLE DANCE OF THE LOVERS, PERDITA AND FLORIZEL, FOLLOWED, WITHOUT A BREAK, BY THE RUMBUSTIOUS DANCE OF THE SATYRS.
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