Clare Shore's Sojourn for Bb Clarinet
Date of completion: February, 2010; Approximate Duration: 6'30"
Program Notes Sojourn 3, for Bb Clarinet solo is the third in a series of works by the composer titled "Sojourn" for solo instruments. The
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single-movement work utilizes a Silesian folk song from Schlesische Volkslieder (used in the hymn Fairest Lord Jesus) as its
basis. The opening section features material in quasi-Stravinskian rhythm and meter alternating with material hinting strongly
at the folk tune and its variants. Melodic material is gradually transformed to the area of D major as the fantasy-like treatment
of the folk tune begins. After a complete statement in D major, a free variation ensues, also in D major, but is interrupted just
before its completion by material from the opening section. Melodic transformation back to the octatonic and hybrid pitch
material follows and the piece ends with a showy ascending, then diving, flourish.
Sojourn 3, for Bb Clarinet solo, commissioned by and dedicated to clarinetist Eugene Jones, was premiered by Jones on a
concert of chamber music at East Tennessee University in Johnson City, TN, on February 28, 2010.
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