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A clarinet concerto is a
concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...
for
clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
; that is, a
musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...
for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an
orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
or
concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...
). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly the earliest known concerto for solo clarinet; its score appears to be titled "Concerto per il Clareto" and may date from 1733. It may, however, be intended for soprano
chalumeau The chalumeau (; ; plural chalumeaux) is a single-reed woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical eras. The chalumeau is a folk instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day clarinet. It has a cylindrical bore with e ...
. There are earlier
concerti grossi The concerto grosso (; Italian language, Italian for ''big concert(o)'', plural ''concerti grossi'' ) is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the ''#Concertino, concertino'') and full orc ...
with concertino clarinet parts including two by Johann Valentin Rathgeber, published in 1728. Famed publishing house
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published the first clarinet concerto in 1772. The instrument's popularity soared and a flurry of early clarinet concertos ensued. Many of these early concertos have largely been forgotten, though German clarinettist Dieter Klocker specialized in these "lost" works. Famous clarinet concertos of the Classical and early Romantic era include those of
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Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his opera ...
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Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, t ...
. Relatively few clarinet concertos, or
wind instrument A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitc ...
concertos generally, were produced during the middle and late Romantic music era, but the form became more popular in the
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, with famous clarinet concertos from
Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...
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, as well as more recent ones by composers such as
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Kalevi Aho Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer. Early years Aho began his interest in music at the age of ten, when he discovered a mandolin in his home and began to teach himself how to play it. He soon was taken under the tutelag ...
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Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...
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John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano Jr. (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, an ...
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Magnus Lindberg Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist. He was the New York Philharmonic's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012 and has been the London Philharmonic Orchestra's composer-in-residence since the begin ...
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Donald Martino Donald James Martino (May 16, 1931 – December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. Biography Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino attended Plainfield High School. He began as a clarinetist, playing jazz for fun and ...
, Christopher Rouse, and
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Baroque period

The modern clarinet did not exist before about 1700. There are, however, a number of concertos written for its antecedent, the
chalumeau The chalumeau (; ; plural chalumeaux) is a single-reed woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical eras. The chalumeau is a folk instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day clarinet. It has a cylindrical bore with e ...
. The discovery of six clarinet concertos by
Johann Melchior Molter Johann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period. He was born at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach. By autumn 1717 he had l ...
(1696–1765) — the first of which may date from 1743 — and three
concerti grossi The concerto grosso (; Italian language, Italian for ''big concert(o)'', plural ''concerti grossi'' ) is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists (the ''#Concertino, concertino'') and full orc ...
for clarinet and oboe written by
Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
(1678–1741) as far back as 1711 have led music historians to revise the common view that the first concerto for the instrument was written by
Johann Stamitz Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Bohemian composer and violinist. His two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, were composers of the Mannheim school, of which Johann is ...
around 1755.


Classical period

* Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830?) **Concerto in B major for clarinet and orchestra, Op.3 (1809?) **Sinfonie Concertante in A major, Op.10 for Two Clarinets and Orchestra (1810?) **Clarinet Concerto in E Major, Opus 16 (1809?) **Clarinet Concerto in E Major, Opus 24 (1821?) **Concerto in F major for Basset-horn and Orchestra *
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(1744–1812) **Clarinet Concerto No. 1 **Two other clarinet concertos and two double concertos * Matthäus (Frédéric) Blasius (1758–1829) **Concerto No. 1 in C major for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Antonio Casimir Cartellieri Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (27 September 1772 – 2 September 1807) was a Polish-Austrian composer, violinist, conductor, and voice teacher. His reputation dissipated after his death, not to be resurrected until the late 20th century. One son w ...
(1772–1807) **Concerto No. 1 in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 2 in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 3 in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto for Two Clarinets & Orchestra in B Major (1797) * Bernhard Hendrik Crusell (1775–1838) ** Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op.1 (1807) ** "Grand" Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op.5 (1815) ** Concerto No. 3 in B major, Op.11 (c.1807–1820) * Sébastien Demar (1763–1832) **Concerto in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra *
François Devienne François Devienne (; 31 January 1759 – 5 September 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. Career Devienne was born in Joinville, as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker. After receiving ...
(1759–1803) **Concertino in B major for two Clarinets and Orchestra Op.25 *Franz Anton Dimmler (1753–1827) **Concerto in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Joseph Leopold Eybler Joseph Leopold Eybler (8 February 1765 – 24 July 1846) was an Austrian composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Life Eybler was born into a musical family in Schwechat near Vienna.Badura-Skoda and Herrmann-Schneider (n.d.) His fath ...
(1765–1846) ** Concerto in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra (1798) *
Josef Fiala Josef Fiala (''Joseph Fiala'') (3 February 1748 – 31 July 1816), was a Czech composer, oboist, viola da gamba virtuoso, cellist, and pedagogue of the Classical period. Life He was born in Lochovice in Bohemia and began his musical career ...
(1748–1816) **Concertante in B major for Clarinet and Cor Anglais * Carl Andreas Göpfert (1768–1818) **Concerto in E Major, Op.14 **Concerto in B Major, Op.20 **Concerto in E Major, Op.35 *
Franz Anton Hoffmeister Franz Anton Hoffmeister (12 May 1754 – 9 February 1812) was an Austrian composer and History of music publishing, music publisher. Early years Franz Anton Hoffmeister was born in Rottenburg am Neckar (Further Austria) on 12 May 1754. At ...
(1754–1812) **Clarinet Concerto in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra (1782–1784?) **Concerto in E major for two Clarinets and Orchestra (1782–1784?) *
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(1746–1827) ** Clarinet Concerto in E major (1812), this is actually by Lefèvre, his Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major *
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(1747–1818) **Two clarinet concertos both in E major *
Franz Krommer Franz Krommer ( cz, František Vincenc Kramář; 27 November 1759 in Kamenice u Jihlavy – 8 January 1831 in Vienna) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. He was one of the most popular composers in the 19th century Vienna. ...
(1759–1831) **Concerto in E Op.36 for clarinet and orchestra (1803) ** Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra in E, Op.35, (1802) ** Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra in E, Op.91 (1815) **Konzertstück for two clarinets and orchestra * Karol Kurpinski (1785–1857) **Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (performed 1820) (Grove: Jim Samson) *
Ludwig August Lebrun Ludwig August Lebrun (baptized 2 May 1752 – 16 December 1790) was a German oboist and composer. Life Lebrun was born in Mannheim. The well-known and celebrated oboe virtuoso (a contemporary described being "charmed by his divine oboe") pl ...
(1752–1790) **Concerto in one movement in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra * Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829) **Clarinet Concertos No. 4 and No. 6 (1796) *
Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor. Born in Koblenz as the son of a tenor, he studied with Peter Winter and Joseph Graetz. From 1819 onwards he was based in Stuttgart. Some of ...
(1791–1856) **Concertino in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra * John Mahon (c. 1748–1834) **Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F major *
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
(1756–1791) **
Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1791) ** Sinfonia Concertante in E major for Four Winds (possibly spurious) *
Iwan Müller Ivan Müller, sometimes spelled Iwan Mueller (1786 in Reval, Estonia – 1854 in Bückeburg), was a clarinetist, composer and inventor who at the beginning of the 19th century was responsible for a major step forward in the development of th ...
(1786–1854) **Concertante Op.23 in E major for two Clarinets and Military Band *Carlo Paessler (1774–1865) **''Concerto con variazioni'' in E major for Clarinet and Strings **Concerto in C minor for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra * Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831) **Concerto in C major for Clarinet in C *
František Xaver Pokorný František Xaver Pokorný (20 December 1729, Městec Králové – 2 July 1794, Regensburg) was a Czech composer and violinist of the classical period. While young, he left his hometown for Regensburg where he studied violin playing with Joseph R ...
(1729–1794) **Concerto in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra * Antonín Reicha (1770–1836) **Concerto in G minor for Clarinet and Orchestra **Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Dittersdorf in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Carl Gottlieb Reissiger Carl Gottlieb Reißiger (also ''Karl Reissiger'', ''Carl Reissiger'', ''Karl Reißiger'') (31 January 1798 – 7 November 1859) was a German Kapellmeister and composer. Biography Born in Belzig, Reissiger attended the Thomasschule zu Leipzig an ...
(1798–1859) **Concertino in E major Op.63 for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Alessandro Rolla Alessandro Rolla (; 23 April 175714 September 1841) was an Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher. His son, Antonio Rolla, was also a violin virtuoso and composer. His fame now rests mainly as "teacher of the great ...
(1757–1841) **Concerto for Bassethorn and Orchestra *
Antonio Rosetti Francesco Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750 – 30 June 1792) was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. There is considerable confusion regarding his name. The occasional mention of a supposed, ...
(1750–1792) **Concerto No. 1 in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 2 in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Two additional clarinet concertos * Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823) **Clarinet Concerto in B major for clarinet and orchestra *Georg Abraham Schneider **Concerto No. 1 for basset horn and orchestra, Op.90. (1820?) **Concerto No. 2 for basset horn and orchestra, Op.105. * Pedro Étienne Solère (1753–1817) **Concerto in E major for two Clarinets and Orchestra **Concerto in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra **''Concerto Espagnol'' in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Carl Stamitz Carl Philipp Stamitz ( cs, Karel Stamic; baptized 8 May 17459 November 1801) was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of Jo ...
(1745–1801) **11 Clarinet Concertos * Franz Xaver Süßmayr (1766–1803) **Concerto movement in D major for Basset Clarinet and Orchestra *
Franz Tausch Franz Tausch (26 December 1762 – 9 February 1817) was a German clarinetist, teacher and composer. He played in the Mannheim orchestra. One of his students was Heinrich Baermann. His compositions include two solo clarinet concerto A clar ...
(1762–1817) **Concertante Op.26 No. 2 in B major for two Clarinets and Orchestra **Concertante Op.27 No. 1 in B major for two Clarinets and Orchestra **Concerto in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra * Johann Vogel (1756–1788) **Concerto in B Major * Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847) ** Konzert für Klarinette und Orchester B-Dur, op. 40 * Peter von Winter (1754–1825) **Concerto in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra * Michèl Yost (1754–1786) **Concerto No. 11 in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 8 in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 9 in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 7 in B major for Clarinet and Orchestra Other concertos from the Classical era include those by Deshayes, Fuchs, Jan Kalous, Joseph Lacher, Lang, Philipp Meissner, Pfeilsticker, J.B. Wanhal, Wenzel Pichel, Johan Stich, and J.C. Stumpf.


Romantic period

* Heinrich Joseph Bärmann (1784–1847) **Concertstück in G minor for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concertino in C minor for Clarinet and Orchestra ** Concertino in E major Op.27 for Clarinet and Orchestra (1828?) * Carl Bärmann (1810–1885) **Konzertstück for two Clarinets and Orchestra **''Concerto Militaire'' for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a prominent staple of the standard v ...
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Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra The Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88, by Max Bruch was composed in 1911 for his son, Max Felix Bruch, and received its first performance in 1912, with Willy Hess (viola) and the composer's son Max Felix Bruch (clarine ...
in E minor, Op.88 (1910) *
Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...
**Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in B major * Donato Lovreglio's (1847–1907) **''Fantasia Da Concerto Su Motivi De La Traviata'' (Fantasia for Clarinet and Orchestra on the Opera, La Traviata) for Clarinet and Orchestra (Original music/opera by
Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
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Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...
(1809–1847) **Concert Piece No. 1 for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Orchestra in F minor, Op.113 (1833) **Concert Piece No. 2 for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Orchestra in D minor, Op.114 (1833) *
Saverio Mercadante Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond ...
(1795–1870) **Clarinet Concerto in B major **Clarinet Concerto in E major *
Julius Rietz August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (28 December 1812 – 12 September 1877) was a German composer, conductor, cellist, and teacher. His students included Woldemar Bargiel, Salomon Jadassohn, Arthur O'Leary, and (by far the most celebrated) Sir Arthur ...
(1812–1877) **Concerto in G minor Op.29 for Clarinet and Orchestra (c.1840s) *
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...
(1844–1908) **Concertstück for Clarinet and Military Band (1878) *
Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
(1792–1868) **Introduction, Theme and Variations in E major/B major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra in C major (1809) **Concerto No. 1 in C minor/A major/E major for two Clarinets and Orchestra **Introduction, Theme and Variations in B minor/B major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Fantasie in E major for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concerto No. 2 in E major/A major/E major for two Clarinets and Orchestra * Louis Schindelmeisser (1811–1864) **Sinfonia Concertante for four Clarinets and Orchestra, Op.2 (1833) *
Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, t ...
(1784–1859) ** Clarinet Concerto No. 1 C Minor, Op.26 (1808) **Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E Major, Op.57 (1810) **Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in F Minor, WoO 19 (1821) **Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E Minor, WoO 20 (1828) **Fantasia and Variations on a Theme of Danzi, Op.81 **''Potpourri'' for Clarinet and Orchestra in F Major, Op.80 (1811) **Variations on a Theme from "Alruna" for Clarinet and Orchestra (1809) *
Charles Villiers Stanford Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic music, Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was ed ...
(1852–1924) ** Clarinet Concerto in A minor Op.80 (1902) * Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856–1915) **Canzona for Clarinet and Strings in F minor *
Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his opera ...
(1786–1826) **Concertino for clarinet and orchestra ** Clarinet Concerto No. 1 ** Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (all 1811)


20th/21st century

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John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...
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Gnarly Buttons ''Gnarly Buttons'' is a composition for solo clarinet and chamber ensemble by the American composer John Adams. The London Sinfonietta and Present Music (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) co-commissioned the work. The work received its premiere at the Que ...
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Kalevi Aho Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer. Early years Aho began his interest in music at the age of ten, when he discovered a mandolin in his home and began to teach himself how to play it. He soon was taken under the tutelag ...
**Clarinet Concerto (2005) *
Joan Albert Amargós Joan Albert Amargós is a Spanish composer and conductor born in Barcelona in 1950. Amargós is an instrumentalist on piano and clarinet, and has composed a number of chamber and symphonic works. He is also a great connoisseur of Flamenco, which ha ...
**Clarinet Concerto *
Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music ...
**Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (1948) ** Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (1974) *
Jacob Avshalomov Jacob Avshalomov (March 28, 1919 – April 25, 2013) was a composer and conductor. Early life and education Jacob Avshalomov was born on March 28, 1919, in Tsingtao, China. Note: Profile by David Campbell. His father was Aaron Avshalomov, the ...
**''Evocations'', Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra * Sérgio Azevedo **Clarinet Concerto (2013) *
Nicolas Bacri Nicolas Bacri (born 23 November 1961) is a French composer. He has written works that include seven symphonies, eleven string quartets, eight cantatas, two one-act operas, three piano sonatas, two cello and piano sonatas, four violin and piano ...
**Concerto da Camera Op.61 (1999) for Clarinet and String Orchestra * Jean Balissat **''Cantabile'' for Clarinet and Strings (1995) *Rusty Banks **''Intangiballistics'' for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2011) *
Karol Beffa Karol Beffa, born on October 27, 1973 in Paris, is a French and Swiss composer and pianist. Biography Karol Beffa had a general education along with music studies, at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, consisting of history, English, phi ...
**Clarinet Concerto (2014) *
Michael Berkeley Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton, (born 29 May 1948) is an English composer, broadcaster on music and member of the House of Lords. Early life Berkeley is the eldest of the three sons of Elizabeth Freda (née Bernstein ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1991) *
Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...
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Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs ''Prelude, Fugue and Riffs'' is a "written-out" jazz-in-concert-hall composition composed by Leonard Bernstein for a jazz ensemble featuring solo clarinet. The title points to the union of classical music and jazz: Prelude (first movement) a ...
'' (1946) *Jean Binet **''Petit Concert'' for Clarinet and Strings (1950) *
Howard Blake Howard David Blake (born 28 October 1938) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film ' ...
**Clarinet Concerto *
William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1988) *
Jacques Bondon Jacques Bondon (full name Jacques Laurent Jules Désiré Bondon; 6 December 1927 – 2 April 2008) was a French composer. Life Bondon was born in Boulbon (Bouches-du-Rhône). He arrived in Paris aged nineteen to study music. He began studying ...
**''Concerto d'Octobre'' for Clarinet and String Orchestra **''Concerto des Offrandes'' for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Eugène Bozza Eugène Joseph Bozza (4 April 1905 – 28 September 1991)Grove Music Online: "Bozza, Eugène"; accessed 20 September 2014, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/03791. was a French composer and violinist. He was one of t ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Small Orchestra *
Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
**Movement for Clarinet and Orchestra (1942/3) *
James Francis Brown James Francis Brown (born 7 December 1969) is an English composer. He studied composition with the Viennese émigré Hans Heimler (a pupil of Alban Berg) and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Career Francis Brown's significant ch ...
**''Lost Lanes, Shadow Groves'' (2008) *
Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...
**Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra, Op.48 (1918) * Ann Callaway **Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1985–1987)
John Carbon
**Clarinet Concerto (1993) *
Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1996) *Aexis Chalier **Concertino for Clarinet and Strings (2001/02) *
Arnold Cooke Arnold Atkinson Cooke (4 November 1906 – 13 August 2005) was a British composer.Biography by Eric Wetherell, British Music Society/ref> Education Cooke was born at Gomersal, West Yorkshire, into a family of carpet manufacturers. As a child, ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1948) *
John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano Jr. (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, an ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1977) *
Peter Maxwell Davies Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music ...
**''Strathclyde Concerto No. 4'' (1990) **''The Seas of Kirk Swarf'' for bass clarinet and strings (2007) *
Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...
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Première rhapsodie The ''Première rhapsodie'' (First Rhapsody), L. 116, CD. 124, by Claude Debussy is a piece for accompanied clarinet. Composed between December 1909 and January 1910, it was dedicated to the French clarinet professor Prosper Mimart. In 1909, G ...
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Miguel del Aguila --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disa ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1990) *
Norman Dello Joio Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913July 24, 2008) was an American composer active for over half a century. He won a 1957 Pulitzer Prize#Letters, Drama, Pulitzer Prize in 1957. Life Dello Joio was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to It ...
**Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. B ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1989) *
Daniel Dorff Daniel Dorff (born March 7, 1956) is an American classical composer. Biography and career Dorff was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in Roslyn, New York, graduating from Roslyn High School.A Compact Disc Recording of Three Works f ...
**Summer Solstice for Clarinet and String Orchestra (1994) *Paul Dupré **Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre (2019) *
Einar Englund Sven Einar Englund (June 17, 1916 – June 27, 1999) was a Finnish composer. Life Sven Einar Englund was born at Ljugarn in Gotland, Sweden, on June 17, 1916; he died June 27, 1999, in Visby, Sweden. He married twice: in 1941 to Meri Mirjam ...
**Clarinet Concerto *
Dietrich Erdmann Dietrich Erdmann (20 July 1917 – 22 April 2009) was a German composer and university lecturer. Life Erdmann was born in Bonn. His father was the publicist and trade union official Lothar Erdmann, his mother Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, the pain ...
**Concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra. * Richard Festinger **''Equinox'' for Clarinet and Small Orchestra (2009) *
Gerald Finzi Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata '' Dies natalis'' for solo voice and ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1949) *
Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (; 23 May 1912, in Le Mans – 25 September 1997, in Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Life Françaix's natural gifts were encour ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1968) *Armin Fries **Concerto for Clarinet and Strings (1956) *
Gunnar de Frumerie Per Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie (20 July 1908, in Nacka, Stockholm County – 9 September 1987, in Täby, Stockholm County) was a Swedish composer and pianist. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday. After studying ...
**Concerto Op.51 (1957–1958) for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Percussion *
Radamés Gnattali Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. Biography Radamés Gnattali was born in Porto Alegre (the capital of Rio G ...
**''Choro'' for Clarinet in B and Orchestra *
Berthold Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt (18 January 190317 October 1996) was a German Jewish composer who spent most of his life in England. The suppression of his work by Nazi Germany, as well as the disdain with which many Modernist critics elsewhere dismissed hi ...
**Clarinet Concerto *
Osvaldo Golijov Osvaldo Noé Golijov (; born December 5, 1960) is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work. Biography Osvaldo Golijov was born in and grew up in La Plata, Argentina, in a Jewish family ...
**''Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind'' for solo clarinetist (soprano clarinets, basset horn, and bass clarinet) and
string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
, later arranged for solo clarinetist and
string orchestra A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first ...
. *Todd Goodman **Concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra. *
Ida Gotkovsky Ida Rose Esther Gotkovsky (born 26 August 1933) is a French composer and pianist. She is currently a professor of music theory at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique in France. Early life Gotkovsky was born on 26 August 1933 in Cala ...
**Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1968) or clarinet and wind orchestra (1997) **''Concerto lyrique'' for clarinet and orchestra (1982) or clarinet and wind orchestra (1994) *
Kimmo Hakola Kimmo Hannu Tapio Hakola (born 27 July 1958) is a Finnish composer. Born in Jyväskylä, he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Magnus Lindberg at Sibelius Academy. He first came to prominence with his First String Quartet, which won ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2001) * Stephen Hartke **Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscapes with Blues" (2001) *
Patrick Hawes Patrick Hawes (born 1958) is a British composer, conductor, organist and pianist. Biography Born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, the son of publican parents, Hawes grew up in pubs along the Lincolnshire coast and was educated at De Aston School. ...
**Clarinet Concerto for Emma Johnson (2015) *
Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1947) *
Hendrik Hofmeyr Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr (born 20 November 1957) is a South African composer. Born in Cape Town, he furthered his studies in Italy during 10 years of self-imposed exile as a conscientious objector. While there, he won the South African Opera C ...
**Clarinet Concerto (2012) *Vadym Homolyaka **Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra c-moll "Muzychna Ukraina" (1978) *
Anthony Iannaccone Anthony Joseph Iannaccone (born October 14, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American composer and conductor. His music has been performed by major orchestras and chamber ensembles, and he has conducted numerous regional and metropolitan orche ...
**Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra (1995) *
Gordon Jacob Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about ...
**Mini-concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra * Shigeru Kan-no **Bassetklarinette Koncerto (2006) *Ando Kovach **Concerto for Clarinet and Strings (1995) *
Helmut Lachenmann Helmut Friedrich Lachenmann (born 27 November 1935) is a German composer of contemporary classical music. His work has been associated with "instrumental musique concrète". Life and works Lachenmann was born in Stuttgart and after the end of ...
**''Accanto'' (1976) *
Lowell Liebermann Lowell Liebermann (born February 22, 1961 in New York City) is an American composer, pianist and conductor. Life and career At the age of sixteen, Liebermann performed at Carnegie Hall, playing his Piano Sonata, op. 1. He studied at the Juilliar ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op.110 (2009) *
Magnus Lindberg Magnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist. He was the New York Philharmonic's composer-in-residence from 2009 to 2012 and has been the London Philharmonic Orchestra's composer-in-residence since the begin ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(2002) *
Scott McAllister Scott McAllister (born 1969) is an American composer and clarinetist. Born in Vero Beach, Florida, McAllister received a DMA from Rice University. He is particularly noted for his pieces featuring clarinet, including ''Black Dog'' (based on hard r ...
**''X'' (1996) **''Black Dog'' (2003) **''Free Birds'' (2009) * Ian McDougall **Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra *
William Thomas McKinley William Thomas McKinley (December 9, 1938 – February 3, 2015) was an American composer and jazz pianist born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania). He wrote more than 300 musical compositions in what he called a neo-tonal style, of which Margalit Fo ...
**Concerto for Clarinet No. 3 ''The Alchemical'' (1994) *
James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. Early life MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. His father is James MacMi ...
**''Ninian'' for Clarinet and Orchestra (1996) *
Elizabeth Maconchy Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu (; 19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an Irish-English composer. She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced. Biography Elizabeth Violet Maconchy was b ...
**Concertino No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra **Concertino No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra * Dimitris Maronidis ** Clarinet Concerto for Cl, String Orchestra and Electronics (2020) *
Donald Martino Donald James Martino (May 16, 1931 – December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. Biography Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino attended Plainfield High School. He began as a clarinetist, playing jazz for fun and ...
**Triple Concerto for clarinet, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet. *
Rolf Martinsson Rolf Martinsson (born 1 May 1956 in Glimåkra, Skåne, Sweden) is a Music of Sweden, Swedish composer. Martinsson studied composition at Malmö Academy of Music, Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University 1981-85 under Brian Ferneyhough, Sven-David S ...
**''Concert Fantastique'' Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op.86 (2010) *
Krzysztof Meyer Krzysztof Meyer (born 11 August 1943) is a Polish composer, pianist, and music scholar, formerly Dean of the Department of Music Theory (1972–1975) at the State College of Music (now Academy of Music in Kraków), and president of the Union of P ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2002) *
Thea Musgrave Thea Musgrave CBE (born 27 May 1928) is a Scottish composer of opera and classical music. She has lived in the United States since 1972. Biography Born in Barnton, Edinburgh, Musgrave was educated at Moreton Hall School, a boarding independent ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1979) **Concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra *Oscar Navarro **Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra (2006) **Il Concerto for Clarinet and Symphonic Orchestra (2012) *
Lior Navok Lior Navok (born September 6, 1971) (Hebrew: ליאור נבוק) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist. He was born in Tel Aviv. His music has been performed internationally by orchestras and ensembles including the Oper Frankf ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1996

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Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...
** Clarinet Concerto (Nielsen), Clarinet Concerto (1928) * Jim Parker **Concerto for Clarinet and Strings *
Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best known works include ''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', ''Polish Requiem'', ''A ...
**Clarinet Concerto *
Lorenzo Perosi Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi (21 December 1872 – 12 October 1956) was an Italian composer of sacred music and the only member of the Giovane Scuola who did not write opera. In the late 1890s, while he was still only in his twenties, Perosi was a ...
**Concerto per clarinetto e orchestra *Lyubomir Pipkov **Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra *
Walter Piston Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University. Life Piston was born in Rockland, Maine at 15 Ocean Street to Walter Ha ...
** Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1967) *
Marcel Poot Marcel Poot (7 May 1901 in Vilvoorde, Belgium – 12 June 1988 in Brussels) was a Belgian composer, professor, and musician. Personal life His father, Jan Poot, was Director of the (Flemish Theatre) in Brussels. Early life Born to the dire ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1977) *Claudio Puntin **''Aroma'', for solo Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Electronics and Orchestra (2016) *
Kevin Puts Kevin Matthew Puts (born January 3, 1972) is an American composer, best known for winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his first opera, ''Silent Night''. Early life and education Puts was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Alma, Michi ...
**Clarinet Concerto with Strings, Harp, and Percussion (2008–9) *
Einojuhani Rautavaara Einojuhani Rautavaara (; 9 October 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Rautavaara wrote a List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara, gre ...
**Clarinet Concerto (2001) *
Alan Rawsthorne Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex. Early years Alan Rawsthorne was born in Deardengate House, Haslingden, Lancashire, to Hu ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra *Andrew Rindfleisch **''The Light Fantastic'' for bass clarinet and wind ensemble (2003) *
Jean Rivier Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of Henri Rivier, a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including musi ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra *Paul Rosenbloom **Concertante Variations for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra. * Christopher Rouse **
Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(2000) *
Jonathan Russell Jonathan Russell (February 27, 1771 – February 17, 1832) was a United States representative from Massachusetts and diplomat. He served the 11th congressional district from 1821 to 1823 and was the first chair of the House Committee on Foreig ...
**Double bass clarinet concerto *Josef Schelb **Concerto for bass clarinet and orchestra. * Armin Schibler **Concertino for Clarinet and Strings Op.49 (1956) *Tobias Schwencke **Concerto for Clarinet solo and 15 Strings *
Mátyás Seiber Mátyás György Seiber (; 4 May 190524 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born British composer who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1935 onwards. His work linked many diverse musical influences, from the Hungarian tradition of Bartó ...
**Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra *
Elie Siegmeister Elie Siegmeister (also published under pseudonym L. E. Swift; January 15, 1909 in New York City – March 10, 1991 in Manhasset, New York) was an American composer, educator and author. Early life and education Elie Siegmeister was born January 15 ...
**Clarinet Concerto * Frederick Speck **Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1993) *
Yevhen Stankovych Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych ( uk, Євге́н Фе́дорович Станко́вич; born September 19, 1942) is a contemporary Ukrainian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. Biography Stankovych was born in Szolyva ( ...
**Concerto for Clarinet solo *Frank Graham Stewart **Concerto for B Clarinet and Orchestra (1993) *
Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...
** Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band (1945) *
Aurel Stroe Aurel Stroe (5 May 1932, in Bucharest – 3 October 2008, in Mannheim) was a Romanian composer, philosopher and linguist. In 2002 he was awarded the Herder Prize from the University of Vienna; and in 2006 he was awarded the Promaetheus Prize by the ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Toru Takemitsu TORU or Toru may refer to: * TORU, spacecraft system * Toru (given name), Japanese male given name * Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western ...
**''Fantasma/Cantos'' for clarinet and orchestra *
Josef Tal Josef Tal ( he, יוסף טל; September 18, 1910 – August 25, 2008) was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; ...
**Concerto for clarinet and orchestra *
Alexandre Tansman Alexander Tansman ( pl, Aleksander Tansman, link=no, French: Alexandre Tansman; 12 June 1897 – 15 November 1986) was a Polish composer, pianist and conductor who became a naturalized French citizen in 1938. One of the earliest representatives of ...
**Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings (1952) **Clarinet Concerto (1957) *
İstemihan Taviloğlu İstemihan Taviloğlu (15 April 194517 March 2006) was a Turkish composer and a music educator. He's most known piece is the Clarinet Concerto which happens to be the first ever Clarinet Concerto composition from a Turkish composer. He is also t ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra *
Boris Tchaikovsky Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Чайко́вский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, cha ...
**Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957) *
Frank Ticheli Frank Ticheli (born January 21, 1958) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where he is a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California. He was ...
**Clarinet Concerto (2010) *Franz Tischhauser **''The Beggar's Concerto'' for Clarinet and Strings *
Henri Tomasi Henri Tomasi (; 17 August 1901 – 13 January 1971) was a French classical composer and conductor. He was noted for compositions such as ''In Praise of Folly'', ''Nuclear Era'' and ''The Silence of the Sea''. Early years Henri Tomasi was born ...
**Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra **''Clarinet Concerto'' (2016) *
Joan Tower Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938)http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&ComposerId_2872=1605 Biography on Schirmer is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by ''The New York ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(1988) *August Verbesselt **Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1982) *
Sándor Veress Sándor Veress (, – ) was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. He was born in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, nowadays called Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and died in Bern. The first half of hi ...
**Clarinet Concerto *
Rolf Wallin Rolf Wallin (born 7 September 1957) is a Norwegian composer, trumpeter and avant-garde performance artist. Biography Wallin was born in Oslo, where he studied with Finn Mortensen and Olav Anton Thommessen. He later studied at the University of ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1998) *
Douglas Weiland Douglas Weiland (born 1954 in Malvern, Worcestershire) is an English modern-classical composer. His works range from the three Sir Neville Marriner commissions Divertimento for Strings (1992), Clarinet Concerto (2002), and Triple Concerto (2006) ...
**Clarinet Concerto, Op.30 (2001) * Norma Wendelburg **Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra *
John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who wa ...
**Clarinet Concerto for
Michele Zukovsky Michele Zukovsky (''née'' Bloch) is an American clarinetist and longest serving female woodwind player in the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, serving from 1961 at the age of 18 until her retirement on December 20, 2015. Backgr ...
(1991) *
Isang Yun Isang Yun, also spelled Yun I-sang (17 September 1917 – 3 November 1995), was a Korean-born composer who made his later career in West Germany. Early life and education Yun was born in Sancheong (Sansei), Korea under Japanese rule, Chōsen ...
**Clarinet Concerto (1981) *Marcin Zielinski **Concertino for Clarinet Solo and Strings * Marilyn J. Ziffrin **Clarinet Concerto *
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Ellen Taaffe Zwilich ( ; born April 30, 1939) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s, she had shifted to a postmodernist, ne ...
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Clarinet Concerto A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet; that is, a musical composition for solo clarinet together with a large ensemble (such as an orchestra or concert band). Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly th ...
(2002)


See also

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List of concert works for saxophone This is a partial repertoire list of classical works for saxophone. Opera Fantasy 2019, for alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Christian Lauba Mambo, 2019, saxophone quartet, Christian Lauba Broadway Suite, saxophone quartet, Jean Matitia Flamenc ...
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Oboe concerto A number of concertos (as well as non-concerto works) have been written for the oboe, both as a solo instrument as well as in conjunction with other solo instrument(s), and accompanied by string orchestra, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, conce ...
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Bassoon concerto A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon accompanied by a musical ensemble, typically orchestra. Like bassoon sonatas, bassoon concerti were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century, although there are quite a few bassoon concerti ...


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UNM clarinet repertoire list


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