Clownery for Clarinets for Clarinet Choir by Harry Stalpers. Tierolff Muzikcentrale, 1991, SS, includes parts and score. This is the original version of this piece, written in 1984 by the Dutch composer Harry Stalpers (1926-2001) for the Clarinet Choir Walter Boeykens. "The clown, his entry in the ring, followed by an uninterrupted series of quickly changing movements and emotions, from acrobatics to sill somersaults, from excessive joy to childlike sorrow, beginning and ending with circus music, sometimes interrupted by the laughter of the 'highly esteemed audience.'" A challenging piece with some mixed meter. This arrangement has parts for E-flat clarinet, 4 B-flat clarinets, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra alto clarinet and contra bass clarinet. There is a very small amount of divisi in the first part. (C2052)