Ten of a Kind (Symphony no. 2): Concerto for Clarinet Section and Wind Ensemble

Ten of a Kind was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in 2002. It also the won Barlow Music Composition Award in 2006. It was commissioned by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Colonel Timothy Foley, director. It is dedicated to “lapsed clarinetist Milton Babbitt on the occasion of his 85th birthday.” It is a true wind ensemble piece: the composer asks that no doublings, substitutions, or omissions be made, except “in a pinch, the contrabassoon may be omitted, but only with a written apology to the composer together with a sizable check and some real estate.”

Composer:

Rakowski, David

Year(s) Composed:
2000

Difficulty:
Grade 6

Duration:
28 minutes

Instrumentation:
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Wind Ensemble with the clarinet section acting as a concerto soloist: 2.picc.afl.2.eh.6.ecl.acl.bcl.cbcl.2.cbn-2ax.tx.bx-4.4.4.2euph.1-4perc[timp.party whistle.tamb.crot.temp.rtc.bd.vib.4toms.sd.glk.cym.2scym(m,l).mar.tri)

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Movements:

I. Labyrinth
II. Song Stylings
III. Yoikes and Away
IV. Scherzo: Martian Counterpoint

Publication Information:

C. F. Peters (2001)

Premiered:

Timothy W. Foley/United States Marine Band, Center for the Arts at George Mason University, May 20, 2001.

Availability:
Available for Purchase