Commissioned by the Friends of Today's Music program of the Music Teachers' Association of California, this publication is a great follow-up to Bolcom's previous work, Nine Bagatelles (00294028). Incl...
Pianist Guy Livingston commissioned 60 composers to each write a piece that would last 60 seconds. Bolcom's entry is whimsical, and a perfect piece for an encore.
A virtuosic show-piece commissioned by pianist Ursula Oppens.
Nine piano pieces inspired by nine bird prints of crows by Frank Boyden. Includes music and bird prints in side-by-side format.
Bolcom's commission was originally to write a duet piece for Metropolitan Opera stars soprano Benita Valente and mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos. However, while the composition was in development, Troy...
CONCERTINO FOR CLARINET AND PIANO
Bolcom is a famously eclectic stylist. The poems here are sung in Spanish and the musical accompaniment is recognizably Spanish-tinged in rhythm and color (including castanets and the like). But the c...
This collection of 12 progressive studies for clarinet trio is presented in a playing score format, and addresses matters ranging from intonation among players to more technically difficult playing in...