Jump for solo bass clarinet
Robert Davidson · QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) · 2007
Jump was commissioned by Dutch bass clarinet virtuoso Henri Bok. The work weaves a contrapuntal structure from a single line by means of extensive registral partitioning through the particular agility of the bass clarinet with large interval leaps. In addition, the technique of "tonal stratification" is employed, in which functional linear harmony is vertically stratified. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its principal arts funding and advisory body.