Joos Creteur

A "Bassic" Story

Discover this beautiful piece for bass clarinet and piano, score 9 p. & bass clarinet part. To get a good idea of what this piece sounds like, you can listen to the audio sample.

A "bassic" Story, for bass clarinet and piano is a piece in three parts where the first part "Melancholic" is a melancholic, rather poppy ballad. The second "Cadenza, wait a sec" is a kind of resting point where the bass clarinet speaks alone. The third and final movement "Let's have some fun" is fireworks, based on a blues scheme. In this way, the different atmospheres that a bass clarinet can bring, without using contemporary techniques, come to the fore. The melodic aspect with the many colors in parts 1 and 2 and the technical skill and fun in the third part.