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3360 W. Morris Ave.Fresno, CA 93711
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Kenneth D. Froelich
Sonata for Clarinet and piano
NOTES FOR Sonata for Clarinet and PIanoNOTES FOR Sonata for Clarinet and PIanoNOTES FOR Sonata for Clarinet and PIanoNOTES FOR Sonata for Clarinet and PIano
The principle idea for my Sonata for Clarinet and Piano is to musically represent imagery, memories, and personal desires that are all just out of reach. Each of the three untitled movements takes on one possible aspect of this concept. The first movement, marked with the tempo description Intangible, presents fragments of melodies made up of fast, blurry figurations. These fragments represent imagery that is out-of-focus and not quite perceptible. While there is clear direction in the form of the movement, the lines themselves are mercurial - constantly changing - leaving the music with an unsettled absence of security. The second movement presents a simple melody in the style of a lilting French song. This song - described in the music as "a forgotten melody" - is not an actual quotation, but is instead designed to remind the listener of similar melodies, as if conjuring up memories of melodies.Over time, the song slowly descends chromatically, changing its harmony from one key to the next as if melting away into nothing.
The final movement is the emotional crux of the sonata, beginning with music that represents unrelenting frustration. While not specifically programmatic, this frustration can be heard as a quasi-culmination of the prior two movements, arising out of the inability to not obtain any of the images or memories from those movements. This sense of frustration is amplified by a musical motive that consistently reaches for a high E without ever successfully breaking through to the next higher pitch. Over the course of the movement, frustration is replaced by impatience, cynicism, and mocking, before returning to frustration once more. The music climaxes with one last gasp of the clarinet's high E before dramatically shifting to a surprisingly peaceful coda. This coda can be heard as a final acceptance of not obtaining any of these "out of reach" goals, but that would not be the entire story. At the very end of the movement, a final fragment of the song from movement two returns, representing the out-of-reach dream that persists - hope.
This work is both dedicated to and composed for clarinetist Jennifer Ostwalt, my wife and life partner whom to this day I owe and thank for giving me the courage and inspiration to continue to reach for that which seems unattainable.
PERFORMANCE NOTES
t. tr = timbral trill. Trill using any key that doesn't change the given pitch, providing instead a slight change in color or intonation.
Accented grace notes should be performed on the beat.
Composed for Jennifer Ostwalt, clarinetist.
TOTAL PLAYING TIME - 15'45"TOTAL PLAYING TIME - 15'45"TOTAL PLAYING TIME - 15'45"TOTAL PLAYING TIME - 15'45"
Copyright 2013 Kenneth D. Froelich, All rights reserved.Fresno, CA 93711
registered with BMIPlease notify the composer of all performances3360 W. Morris Ave.Fresno, CA 93711
kennethdfroelich@gmail.comhttp://www.kennethfroelich.com
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Described as "energetic, exciting, and rhythmically dynamic" and "set with imagination and imagery," composer KENNETH D. FROELICH’s music has been performed internationally in England, Germany, Italy, France, Slovenia, Finland, Canada, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and China, as well as numerous major cities across the United States. Emerging as a vibrant new voice in the world of contemporary chamber and orchestral music, Kenneth has been honored with awards from ASCAP, the National Association of Composers/USA, Meet the Composer, the Percussive Arts Society, the American Composers Forum, and the Society of Composers Inc. Kenneth’s works have been presented by such acclaimed ensembles as the American Composers Orchestra, Duo46, Earplay, the Empyrean Ensemble, the California E.A.R Unit, the Jolles Duo, the Indianapolis Symphonic Orchestra, Conundrum, the University of New Mexico Percussion Ensemble, the University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and the Orpheus Ensemble of Fresno. Some of his more recent works include PIANO QUARTET No. 1 (2012), premiered by Pacific Serenades; SMALL MESSAGES (2012), premiered by the UNLV Wind Orchestra; NERD SONGS (2012), premiered by soprano Ann Moss of CMASH; and PORTRAITS OF MT. RUSHMORE (2012), premiered by USAF Brass in Blue at Mt. Rushmore National Park. Kenneth received both his Doctorate of Music and Masters of Music degrees from Indiana University, and received his Bachelors of Music degree summa cum laude from the University of Southern California in 1999. His principal composition teachers include Claude Baker, Don Freund, Sven-David Sandstrőm, Eugene O’Brien, Donald Crocket, Frederick Lesemann, Morten Lauridsen, and Erica Muhl. Kenneth currently resides in Fresno, CA with his wife Jennifer and daughter Katerina, where he is Associate Professor in Music Composition at California State University, Fresno and director of the Fresno New Music Festival. He previously taught at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in Sewanee, TN. Kenneth’s percussion ensemble work ACCIDENTAL MIGRATION is available through C. Alan Publications, his concert band work TOCK is available through Wingert-Jones Publications, and his wind ensemble work VISIONARY is available through GPG Publications. Additional scores are available through JOMAR Press and his website at www.kennethfroelich.com.
Transposed Score
Copyright © 2013 KDF Music, All rights reserved
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
p pp p
I. Intangible q = 84
pp poco sfz
pp p pp
5
poco sfz
pp p pp pp
8
simile
34
34
34
Kenneth D. Froelich (2013 BMI)
SONATAfor clarinet and piano
for Jennifer
blurry 9
9 9 9
mp mf
11
mp
pp
14
pp
p mp p p mp mf
17
mf
9 3 3
9 9 99
99 93
4
p mp subito p mf mp
20
mf
23
ff mf
A
25
ff p
99 9 9 3
9 9 9
9
with more presence
9 9 6 6 3
3
5
f mp mf
28
mp p f
32
ff mf
B36
ff f
24
34
24
34
24
34
34
34
34
3
* Timbral trill.
*t. tr.
3
9 9 6 6
3
6
mp
39
cresc.
pppp p
C42
pff
pp p sfz pp p mp
46
3 6 3
6
3
6 3 6
7
pp p pp fff
50
fff
fffmp f
D55
mf subito fff mf
mp f mp mf f
61
p mf
58
18
58
18
58
18
18
58
18
58
18
58
78
58
78
58
78
58
(3+2)6
(3+2)
loco
(3+2)
(3+2)ritmico
loco loco
(3+2+2)
(3+2+2)
loco
8
mp f mp mf
65
p
f
E
69
mp
p
74
pp
58
58
58
(3+2)
(3+2)
cantabile
3 3
3
3
9
ppp p mp p
F80
p
pp p f pp p
86
f p ppp n
Ominous qqqq = 66poco rit.
G
90
p
34
34
34
t. tr.3 3 3
p
t. tr.5 5 3
6
10
n p n n f p
95
nn p f ff
103
p pp mp pp
poco píu mosso
H109
mp cresc.
t. tr. t. tr.
3
t. tr. t. tr.
(loco)
11
pp mp pp pp
accel.115
mp mf
120
mf
f
q = 84124
f
loco
12
ff f ff
I128
ff
f ff f ff
132
ff f ff
135
vivid and intense
3
loco
blurry
9 9
loco
99 9
13
f ff ff f ff
138
ff f ff
141
mp p
J144
p
939 9 9
9 93
9
9
6 3 3 3
6 6 6
marcato
14
n fff
149
fff
f fff
154
14
58
78
38
14
58
78
38
14
58
78
38
38
24
38
24
38
24
15
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
II. Longing q = 56
f mf
ppp mp pp mp mf pp mp
K164
pp p
mf ppp mp pp
173
pp pp
34
34
34
slower roll
3 5
7
like a forgotten melody
t. tr.
loco
16
mp mf pp mp mf
181
p pp
n f
L188
ppp f
n pp n pp
M196
p mp
mf
p
3
loco
dissolving into nothing
t. tr. subtone
5
like wind chimes
7
17
n pp n fp n
204
ppp
pp mp f mp pp pp
N211
p pp
mp f mp ppppp
222
melting
18
n
rall.
228
pp
ppp n
q = 32234 molto subtone
t. tr.
ppp3
3
19
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
ff mf
III. With Rage e = 304
p mf p mf ff
mf fff
O
245
ff
sffz
ff f
249
78
78
78
(3+2+2)
(3+2+2) 3
loco
3
[ossia: rit a tempo]
slide
20
mp ff ff
253
ff
ff
sffz
f
f
257
f
mf p
261
p
t. tr.
21
ff
P265
ff mf
pp ff
Q271
ff
sffz
ff f
mf
275
mp
slide
22
279
dim. p
283
poco dim.
pppp
R287
p pp p
over articulate
23
293
mp
mp pp
299
mf mp
mf pp mf
S305
mf mf
pp mp
bright
24
poco
311
mp fff
T317
ff
sffz f
With anger, but in control
U
323
ff
sffz
aggressive
pounding
25
327
sffz
331
ff
mf
V335
sffz p
34
34
34
loco
26
p mf
339
mp
poco p
344
mf f
349
mf
27
354
ff
W359
ff
363
sffffz
28
367
sffffz
371
sffffz sffffz sffffz sffffz sffffz sffffz
fff p
Suddenly peaceful q =56376
f p mp pp
dolce
loco3 3
3 3 3 3
29
mp p mp
X385
p
mp
391
p mp mf
Y396
pp
loco
3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3
30
p ppp p
rall.401
ppp
ppp pp n
q =40407
3 3
longing
31