Description
After a performance by the Fell Clarinet Quartet of a piece which needed the clarinet in C, I looked to see if the second movement of my early chamber symphony The Children of Prague [B6] was suitable for arrangement, as this uses the C clarinet as a deliberate attempt to replicate the sound of the rustic folk song. Finding this indeed suitable, it was arranged in March 2009 and is dedicated to the Fell Clarinet Quartet (Helen Bywater, Marianne Rowles, Colin Blamey and Lenny Sayers).
The piece is made up of a simple children's tune which is developed through more agitated episodes, culminating in a lullaby which is repeated to end the piece.