Contours
This piece started life
as a very short movement, which Anthony wrote for a friend’s final recital
in 1997. It was extended for his own final recital and grew considerably in
length and structure.
Contours now uses a combination of variation and rondo form. The slow opening melody has become the ritornello material, and each new section is a variation on this theme, although some are more easily related to the opening than others. Harmonically, the whole piece is built around the minor sixth intervals used in the opening, which can be heard in this short clip:
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Contours (56 seconds, 880KB)
Contours is included
in the Bailey and Bach collection for clarinet, detailed below. If you would
like a copy of Bailey and Bach or Contours alone, email ant@antbailey.com
or visit the contact page
Bailey
and Bach
This collection includes
14 of Anthony's original pieces for solo clarinet, clarinet duet and B flat
clarinet with piano accompaniment, plus new arrangements of unaccompanied
works by J.S and C.P.E Bach.
Collected together in one volume, it is designed to let instrumentalists experience a contemporary style of writing without creating music that is too difficult to play. Ranging in difficulty from beginner to advanced, Bailey and Bach can be used for progressive technical study in lessons and also as a source of enjoyable new repertoire.
The clarinet collection features the solo piece "Contours" which appears above as a separate work.
Bailey and Bach has also been arranged for E flat saxophone, with 13 pieces in Anthony's contemporary style and the same unaccompanied Bach works.
Copies of Bailey and Bach
for clarinet or saxophone are available to order through this website. Please
email ant@antbailey.com
or visit the contact page
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