PEROKET for unaccompanied bass clarinet

PEROKET [1999] c. 7'00''
unaccompanied solo bass clarinet

Commissioned by Kulturfonds Foundation, Berlin

Premiere: 18 February 1999, Mozart e il 2000 festival, Assisi, Italy
Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet

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Hard copy of this work is available from ALEA PUBLISHING for the world.

"Machajdík's meditative works in the style of the 'New Simplicity' are becoming increasingly well-known throughout Europe. Peroket (Parrot) was composed for Guido Arbonelli's 1999 performance in Assisi, Italy and is a work of medium difficulty that takes on alternately somber and ecstatic characteristics. Strangely, the extended range of the clarinet is not used - low A is the limit. Likewise the top range stops at the C two ledger lines above the treble clef, except for one E, a third higher. In a few short sections Machajdík directs: 'The performer slowly rotates around his/her own axis.' This theatricality, in addition to the use of one's imagination to be a bit of a parrot within the imitative sections, will connect with many performers and audiences.

Alea Publishing has grown a large catalog of bass clarinet transcriptions - including many chamber works, as well as several original works such as Peroket. With useful links, their website is an excellent resource for clarinet teachers."

-- Gregory Barrett, September 2013 issue of The Clarinet