Work : Bloomington Quartet
Composer : Alfred Prinz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Prinz
Difficulty Ranking : VI
Publisher: Woodwindiana, Inc. http://store.woodwindiana.com/index.html
Year Written : 1995
Premiered by: Howard Klug, Eli Eban, James Campbell, and Alfred Prinz
Instrumentation : 4 Bb Clarinets
Potential Pedagogical Applications : Extended range, ensemble mechanics and line independence, articulation matching, metric shifts, challenging passage work
Sample Recording : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP_51GIr3uw
Where to Purchase Sheet Music : http://store.woodwindiana.com/alprblqu4bb.html
Annotation: There are few works for four Bb clarinets as interesting and as challenging than this work. Written in four uniquely distinct movements, each part is equally difficult in its independence. The range of all of the parts reach to at least G 6 and the intricacy of the parts requires a skilled ensemble that has confidence in their own parts.