Christof Messerschmidt

The Egyptian March of Johann Strauss, Jr. is a joyful, yet quirky, piece in which the surprise for the audience comes towards the middle of the piece when the members of the performing group begin to...

Italian composer and clarinetist Ernesto Cavallini's (1807 - 1874) Adagio and Tarantella for clarinet and piano was first published in 1869. Here, it has been arranged for solo clarinet and clarinet c...

One of Camille Saint-Saens most popular works is The Carnival of the Animals, composed in 1886 for two pianos and small chamber orchestra. Two of the movements, The Swan and The Elephant have been arr...

Without a great body of repertoire by the most famous composers, it is neat to know that this Romance is the only piece that Edward Elgar composed for a solo wind instrument with orchestra. Composed i...

One of the most beloved classical overtures ever composed is this Overture to An Italian in Algiers by Gioacchino Rossini. Written in 1813, along with The Barber of Seville (1816) and La Cenerentola (...

Die Ouvertüre zu Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Oper Die Hochzeit des Figaro ist ein Dauerbrenner unter den Holzbläsern. Dieses Arrangement für Klarinettenchor gibt den Spielern die Möglichkeit, mit den Fin...

Fanfare by Belgian composer Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881) is a composer unfamiliar to most, unless you happen to be either...

Das Concertino von Carl Maria von Weber wurde ursprünglich im Frühjahr 1811 innerhalb von drei Tagen für den deutschen Klarinettenvirtuosen Heinrich Joseph Baermann komponiert. Es war ein besonders pr...

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the score for The Sleeping Beauty in 1889 and it was premiered the following January at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of the more freq...

Traum eines Hexensabbats ist der fünfte und letzte Satz von Hector Berlioz' programmatischem Werk Symphonie Fantastique. Dieser Satz ist eine wilde und rasende musikalische Darstellung eines drogenind...

Ailem Carvajal-Gómez - Suite Caribeana for E-flat Clarinet and Clarinet Choir, arranged by Matt Johnston. A charming and festive suite of five dances by Cuban composers Manuel Saumell and Ignacio Cerv...

What began as an arrangement of this movement for a budding high school bass clarinet soloist has evolved into a full arrangement for soloist accompanied by clarinet choir. Naturally, even though the...

This arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Overture from The Marriage of Figaro could easily be played by a traditional clarinet choir, simply reading all the Bass Clarinet parts on B-flat Clarinet...

Originally composed by Pavel Chesnokov in 1912, 'Salvation is Created' seemed perfectly suitable to be arranged for bass clarinet ensemble. Some hairpin crescendos and decrescendos have been added, as...

This has to be one of the most haunting pieces ever composed for the piano. Here it has been tastefully transcribed (and transposed, thankfully!) for an assortment of low clarinets. Not for the faint...

This re-issue of an old masterwork by Georges Meister has been completely revised and edited in 2015, and is not simply a reprinting of the 1916 Carl Fischer edition. Based on the arrangement by Gusta...

A transcription of the very popular 'Little' Fugue in G minor, originally written for organ. This version can be performed with as few as four players, or can be expanded for full clarinet choir. Inst...

Eight pieces in one, a book of shorter preludes and fugues. A delightful collection of Bach at his best.... but actually it is now known that Ludwig Krebs was the actual composer of this set! Instrume...

A transcription of one of Bach's most intricate fugues, the Fugue in E-flat Major is based on the hymn tune known as 'St. Anne'. The piece consists of three sections (each with it's own fugal subject)...

The toccata taken from the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 538. Not as famous as the 'other' Toccata and Fugue in D minor, however, it is still a pretty interesting piece with lots of counterpoint B...

A chorale prelude taken from the set of preludes Brahms wrote just prior to his death. Mysterious and haunting, this prelude is suitable for performance during the Lenten season. Instrumentation: 3 B-...

Originally composed for organ, this work is taken from the collection of Twelve Pieces by Theodore Dubois. Per its name, it makes a good Offertory, but then again, it's a nice gentle piece of music wi...

A gentle, pastoral prelude in 6/8 following by a unique fugue with an interesting chromatic subject in 4/2 time. Instrumentation: 4 B-Flat Clarinets, Bass Clarinet

Die liebliche Arie Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto (Auf der Brise... Was für ein sanfter kleiner Zephyr) gepaart mit dem Finale des dritten Aktes von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts beliebter Oper Die Hochz...