RARE SUGAR – Concertino for clarinet,  string quartet, piano and double bass.
Duration 14:00
Score – $40+GST / Set of parts – $120+GST (clarinet part only – $50+GST)
Piano reduction –
Piano score – $50+GST / clarinet part – $50+GST
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Rare Sugar was commissioned by the late Helga Angyal in partnership with the Australia Ensemble for the 90^th birthday of her husband, the late Professor Stephen Angyal OBE, first professor of organic chemistry at the University of New South Wales.

The title is a light-hearted reference to Professor Angyal’s research into the chemistry of rare sugars in which he references the energy of different molecular shapes.

The idea of a molecular shape containing energy is transmuted into a musical context and forms the underlying premise of the work – an exploration of the permutations and subdivisions of rhythmic patterns to create tension, release and forward impetus, albeit with a distinctive jazz colouration.

Rare Sugar is in a single movement spanning three distinct sections –  1. Scherzo 2. Tranquillo / Cadenza 3. Scherzo