Synergy forBassClarinetQuartet 2024
BrianRaphaelNabors Synergy
Notes Notes
SynergywaswrittenfortheFriendsinLowPlacesquartetforsummerpremieresatthe2024 InternationalDoubleReedSocietyconferenceandtheInternationalClarinetAssociation's ClarinetFestinDublin,Ireland.
Theworkisashowpieceexploringthetimbralcolorsandrhythmicversatilityoftheunique instrumentationof2BassClarinetsand2Bassoons
Thisinstrumentationofbassclarinetquartetisanexcitingeditionspearheadedbyaconsortium fortheFriendsinLowPlacesquartettomaketheworkavailablefor3lowreedinstrument combinations:2BassClarinets/2Bassoons,BassClarinetQuartet&BassoonQuartet.
Theword'synergy'canbedescribedasdifferentagentsworkingtogethertoproducearesult greaterthanachievedseparately.Thethemeofthisworkistogetherness,withthework'sgroovy natureanddeeplyricismworkingtoachieveaveryuniquesonicexperience
-BrianRaphaelNabors
ConsortiumMembers
AndreaVos-Rochefort AndreaVos-Rochefort
ArizonaQuartet(JeffreyAnderle,JoshuaGardner,StefanieGardner,andSteveHanusofski)
DanaBrink DanaBrink
FriendsinLowPlacesQuartet
((AndreaBaker,CatherineConlin,BryceNewcomer,andCarolineSackleh) AndreaBaker,CatherineConlin,BryceNewcomer,andCarolineSackleh)
Scoreistransposed
BassClarinet inBbI
BassClarinet inBbII
BassClarinet inBbIII
BassClarinet inBbIV
LivelyGrooveq=120
BClI
B.Cl.II
B.Cl.II
BClIII
B.Cl.IV