Double Concerto for Flute and Clarinet

Description

I wrote my Double Concerto for Flute and Clarinet during the summer of 2010. The score uses orchestral strings, with additional parts for harp and piano which are highly desirable but can be omitted if necessary. This is the reduction for piano, flute and clarinet.

The lively first movement is based on two ideas; the opening rhythmic motif, played first by the flute and then echoed by the clarinet, and a contrasting lyrical melody, also introduced by each soloist in turn. The slow movement was inspired by the beautiful mountain scenery of Austria, and is a series of variations based on a 10 bar chord pattern. The variations become more serious and complex, but eventually the music returns to the tranquillity of the opening, and fades away into the distance. The final movement is a lively, dance-like rondo, with several contrasting episodes; the concluding coda includes brief references to the earlier movements before a final reprise of the rondo theme brings the piece to an exuberant conclusion.