Marche Funèbre (Funeral March) : Full Mvt III from Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor Opus 35

Marche Funèbre (Funeral March) : Full Mvt III from Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor Opus 35

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Marche Funèbre (Funeral March) from Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor Op.35 - Chopin
Arranged for Clarinet QUINTET by Hugh Levey

This is the movement in its entirety (approximately 9 minutes), which has been carefully and faithfully transcribed/arranged from the original.

Please note that this is a clarinet quintet rather than quartet and is scored for:

Eb Clarinet
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2
Eb Alto Clarinet or Bb Clarinet 3
Bb Bass Clarinet

If there is any piece of music that modern western society associates with a sombre funeral procession, it is this march from Chopin's second piano sonata in B♭ minor. Everyone knows the opening march with the slow plodding notes in the left hand, but there is so much more to this wonderful piece of music! There is light and shade. There is seriousness, but it is tempered with poignancy and a sublimely beautiful and lyrical trio section in D♭ major. It is a gorgeous composition, which is both world-famous and unknown at the same time. Educate your audiences by performing the whole movement. They will see it in a new light.

It is definitely time to look at this work afresh and that is what the arranger has done in this version for Clarinet Quintet. The instrumental colours lend themselves both to the sombre opening march and the lyrical trio.

Duration; 8.30 to 9 minutes (6.30 to 7 minutes without repeats)

Product Code: WW-036-C5

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