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Composer Notes
HiJinx! was commissioned by clarinetist Peter Wright in the spring of 2013. It is a mostly humorous piece aimed at entertaining the audience and the members of the orchestra. I also intended it to be a suitable companion to the Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations, also featured on the Jacksonville Symphony's 2014-15 season opener. Keenly aware of Peter's fine soloistic abilities I approached organization of the work around quotations from well known clarinet solos. The work was composed between December and March with Peter's mischievous personality constantly in mind, thus the inclusion of random quotations from opera, chamber music and popular song.
HiJCloud: HiJinx!
List of themes as occurring in the score:
1. Crusell "Concerto for Clarinet #3, Allegro Risoluto"
2. After Debussy "Première Rhapsodie"
3. Prokofiev "Peter and the Wolf"
4. Honegger "Pacific 231"
5. Hummel "Sonata for piano, op. 81, Finale
6. Bartok "The Miraculous Mandarin"
7. Martin & Blane "Clang, clang, clang went the trolley"
8. Bartok "The Miraculous Mandarin
9. Brown & Freed "Singin' in the Rain"
10. Strauss "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche"
11. Rameau "Chansons de nos plaisirs" from Acanthe et Céphise
12. Hugo Friedhofer: Dudley's theme from the film "The Bishop's Wife"
13. Mozart "Voi che sapete" from Le Nozze di Figaro
14. Thomas "Je suis Titania" from Mignon
15. Paganini "Rossini MOSE-Fantasia"
16. Humperdinck "Hansel und Gretel"
17. Warren & Dubin "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)"
18. Bernard Herrmann "Psycho" slasher music
19. Warren & Dubin "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)"
20. (Next rhythmic and harmonic reference is from Prince: Kiss)
21. After Debussy "Première Rhapsodie"
22. Nielson Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
23. Warren & Dubin "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)"
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