Character Pieces (Charakterstücke) for Bass Clarinet and Piano by Beatrix Becker. Hofmeister, 2018, SS, 34 + 10 pages. In four compositions Beatrix Becker invites the players to experience the sounds and moods of Buenos Aires and Switzerland, of Jerusalem and New York City. There are encounters between tangos and klezmer, jazz vignettes and film music tell stories of life's passages and transformations, of endings and new beginnings, of dreams, courage, and hope. Both parts include chords. The pieces are: The Nine Lives of la Gatita Loca, Man in the Moon, The Red Door and On Pain. (C2659)