WALT NIELSEN
CLARINET
GAIL NOVAK
PIANO
ASSISTED BY:
MATT COLEMAN, PERCUSSION

GRADUATE RECITAL SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2007 • 2:30 PM

MUSIC
4.1erberEerColleu
‘-'of Fine Arts
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Program
- Program Note Three Pieces for Clarinet Alone
Pieces I and II were written in 1972. Piece III was finished in early
2007. Piece I features wide leaps, somewhat uncharacteristic of
"traditional" clarinet music. Piece II emphasizes an "upper
neighbor" motive, but it occasionally recalls the wide leaps of Piece
I. Piece III is . . . well, different. Clarinet techniques have evolved a
lot since 1972. It features a number of contemporary clarinet
techniques, including multiphonics (producing several tones
simultaneously through unconventional fingerings); singing and
growling while playing; timbre trills (rapidly varying timbre rather
than pitch); quarter tones (playing pitches in between the "normal"
pitches); "scooping" notes; and flutter-tonguing. Aside from these
techniques, Piece III features a rising four-note scalar motive (C#-DE-F#).

Three Pieces for Clarinet Alone*
I.
Angularly
II.
Smoothly
III. Molto scherzando

Walt Nielsen
(b. 1942)

Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 (1928)

Carl Nielsen
(1865-1931)

Gail Novak, piano
Matt Coleman, snare drum

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**

Oblivion (1982)

Astor Piazzolla
(1921-1992)
arr. Dmitriy Varelas, Jacob Bokun, Walt Nielsen

Two Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (1991)
Paquito D'Rivera
Vals Venezolano
I.
(b. 1948)
II.
Contradanza
arr. Marco Rizo, Jakub Bokun
Four Hungarian Dances (1951)
I.
Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
Nepi tanc (Folk Dance)
II.
III. SiratO tanc (Mourning Dance)
IV. Friss (Fresh)
*world premiere

RersO KOkai
(1906-1962)

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This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the performance requirements
for the degree Master of Music in clarinet performance.
Walt Nielsen is a student of Jorge Montilla.
Out of respect for the performers and those audience members around you, please
turn all beepers, cell phones and watches to their silent mode.
Thank you.

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