clarinet To The Stars | for Clarinet and Piano | !!! 2025 Revision DONE !!!

Wow I did not expect this to be completed in such a short amount of time after I had posted the work in progress thread a week ago. That's a record. Though, I guess I did work on in beforehand. Still though, glad this one is not stuck in work-in-progress purgatory, just like the others...

Anyways, since the latest progress, I've modified the return to the first theme, most notably, a flurry of ascending scale on b.105 followed by a trilled downward passage of the theme. This is done to kick start the momentum of the piano's spotlight on the proceeding bar instead of just the piano reciting the theme alone in the 2022 version.

Another drastic change is that I've turned the passage from b.112 onwards to be a build-up for a proper, actual climax at b.118.

Additionally, I've fixed the many of the pitch spelling errors and, of course, tidied up the score as well.

There are other smaller changes on the piece as whole, but I'm not gonna list them here.

I'm really really happy I did this revision 'cus, again, I just love the themes in this and it's worth putting it to my current musical knowledge. It feels satisfying and gratifying.

Old version for comparison:

Progress Thread (wow i posted only two progresses on there)

Hope you all enjoyed this and lemme know what you think! Thank youuuu

edit: thanks to @pateceramics for pointing out the ineffective rhythmical change on bar 5-7.

The one thing that didn't quite work for me were the initial shifting rhythms in the piano in the opening bars.  (Measures 5-7 in the right hand).  It felt like the effect you were looking for was more like just a rit. and having everything written out into different triplets didn't quite give as smooth a change in tempo as perhaps you were trying to achieve?  I really like this piece very much though!  Sterling work!  As neither a pianist nor a clarinet player, I can't speak to issues of playability.  It seems like it would be a challenge to learn, but well worth the work!  Very lovely!

8 hours ago, pateceramics said:

The one thing that didn't quite work for me were the initial shifting rhythms in the piano in the opening bars.  (Measures 5-7 in the right hand).  It felt like the effect you were looking for was more like just a rit. and having everything written out into different triplets didn't quite give as smooth a change in tempo as perhaps you were trying to achieve?  I really like this piece very much though!  Sterling work!  As neither a pianist nor a clarinet player, I can't speak to issues of playability.  It seems like it would be a challenge to learn, but well worth the work!  Very lovely!

 

I did play around with your suggestion, changing the triplets to the 16th notes, and yeah, it is so much more smoother now. However, I wanted variation on the second repetition, so I substituted the rhythmical change for harmonic and dynamic. I changed a bit of the notes from the ostinato, and the passage now crescendos a bit to forte then diminuendos to the unchanged pianissimo, just to add contrast. I've also properly modified the repetition at the end of the piece to match the change.

Thanks for the suggestion and feedback! Glad you like the piece!