Dance Preludes by Witold Lutoslawski arranged for Clarinet Quartet by Karel Plessers. Metropolis Music, 2011, SS, includes parts and score. For three B-flat clarinets and bass clarinet. Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) was a Polish composer and orchestral conductor. This piece was originally composed in 1954 for clarinet and piano but the composer also created several versions for larger ensembles. He referred to it as "My farewell to folklore for an indefinite period" and it completed what had been one of the most difficult times of his career. In this arrangement, the first clarinet plays the original solo part while the other quartet members play the accompaniment. It is an extremely entertaining, but challenging piece in five movements: I. Allegro molto, II. Andantino, III. Allegro giocoso, IV. Andante, and V. Allegro molto. One unusual feature of this piece is that the baring of the measures is sometimes different in the accompanying parts than the solo part (maintaining the same format as the original). College level with a duration of about 7 minutes. (C2173)