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Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (Piano Reduction) by William Bolcom. Marks Music, 1992/1995, 39 + 18 pages. Commissioned by the York Philharmonic in honor of its 150th Anniversary and dedicated to Stanley Drucker who gave the premier performance on January 3rd, 1992. While the composer was never commissioned to write a concerto for Benny Goodman (there had been some efforts in that direction) he described this concerto as having many "Benny-isms." "The first movement is in roughly Sonata-Allegro form and has a strong Goodman nuance, as does the slow 12-beat-to-the-bar second movement. The last movement alternates a Brazilian chorino with an ebullient Ravelian waltz". The movements are marked: I. Allegro, II. Cantabile (with a jazz feeling), and III. Scherzo-finale (Quasi una cadenza, ma in tempo)/Allegro assai (A chorinho tempo, slightly swung)/(concluding) CRASSLY GRAND! There are a few contemporary techniques such as growling and a slap key. An advanced work with a duration of 20 to 23 minutes.