D(i)agon(als) for solo clarinet by Augusta Read Thomas. G. Schirmer, 2005, 3 pages. This new piece was commissioned by the friends, family, and students of Russell Dagon and was premiered by J. Lawrie Bloom in May 2005. It is called D(i)agon(als) both to honor the dedicatee and because the composer had used what she calls implied diagonals in the phrases of the piece. There are sub-phrases in imbedded in a phrase and also an imbedded counterpoint with two or three lines going on at once. Marked "Passionate and rubato" it should sound free, spontaneous, jazzy, playful, as if improvised, and alive. For the advanced performer. (C0571)