Concertino, OP. 26, for Clarinet Solo and Concert band, Carl Maria Von Weber, is designed to feature a top level soloist with your band. This is a condensed version of the piece which matches with BRS Music Contest and Collection series, WWS#279 which is on a number of contest lists for solo and ensemble. The arrangement is very transparent allowing the clarinetist to be heard. All of the important themes are presented. This not a technical reduction. Here is an opportunity for your band to perform in the classical style. Arrangement by Bruce R. Smith.
Soloist on this recording is Christina Block.
Your audience will appreciate this addition to your concert.
This recording was done by The Butler University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Robert Grechesky, Director. The band performs the finest in wind music from the Renaissance to the present in a concert series presented in magnificent Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler Campus, as well as other venues throughout Indianapolis and central Indiana.
The band has performed for many prestigious organizations and conferences, including the conventions of the American Bandmasters Association, the College Band Directors National Association, the International Percussive Arts Society, the Indiana Music Educators Association, the Music Educators National Association, and the International Mid-Europe Conference for Bands and Ensembles in Schladming, Austria. In 2005, the band was honored to be the first American band invited to represent the United States at the first International Spring Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Band and Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Robert Grechesky, played three concerts to wildly enthusiastic audiences, including performances at the Glazounv Concert Hall of the Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory and the Great Philharmonic Hall (after Shostakovich).
The Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble is open by audition to any student enrolled at Butler University and provides the campus and Indianapolis community with a rich, cultural and artistic resource.