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Advice from a Caterpillar for solo bass clarinet by Unsuk Chin edited by David Howard

Advice from a Caterpillar for solo bass clarinet by Unsuk Chin edited by David Howard. Boosey & Hawkes, 2017, SS, 11 pages (of music). Interlude I from the opera Alice in Wonderland. "This is a highly illustrative piece of program music referring to Chapter V of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. By playing the bass clarinet, the caterpillar 'speaks' his lines. The performer is therefore encouraged to use their full imagination with regards to articulation, agogics and gestures. Exaggeration and theatrical expression are by no means to be avoided, on the contrary, they are expected." An advanced work that includes multiphonics. Includes suggested fingerings for the multiphonics by David Howard and the original text of the scene (also in German and French). (C2683)

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