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

Commissioned by Kulturfonds Foundation, Berlin

World 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
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"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

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  • BIO
    • ENGLISH
    • DEUTSCH
    • SLOVENSKY
    • FRANÇAIS
    • ITALIANO
    • ESPAÑOL
    • POLSKI
    • 日本語
  • WORKS
    • ORCHESTRA
    • CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
    • CONCERTI
    • CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
    • STRING QUARTETS
    • SOLO / DUET >
      • WOODWIND
      • BRASS
      • HARP
      • KEYBOARD >
        • PIANO >
          • PIANO SOLO
          • PIANO PLUS ANOTHER INSTRUMENT
        • ORGAN
        • HARPSICHORD
      • STRINGS >
        • VIOLIN
        • VIOLA
        • CELLO
        • CONTRABASS
      • GUITAR AND MANDOLIN
      • ACCORDION
      • CIMBALOM
    • VOCAL / CHORAL
    • PERCUSSION QUARTET
    • DANCE AND BALLET
    • THEATRE
    • SONIC ART AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
    • FILM AND RADIO
    • GRAPHIC NOTATION
  • NEWS
  • LISTEN
  • VIDEOS
  • EVENTS
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  • CONTACT