Dear friends, I hope you’re well! Today’s video was a real challenge, one of the most demanding arrangement I ever made, the famous piano study : « La campanella » (Italian for "The little bell") by Liszt! It is the nickname given to the third of six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141(1851), in the key of G-sharp minor. Its melody comes from the final movement of Niccolò Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, where the tune was reinforced metaphorically by a 'little handbell' illustrated by the large intervals of sixteenth notes in the right hand. La campanella is widely regarded as one of the most difficult pieces ever written for the piano.
To respect the original key and range of the piano as much as possible, I made my own arrangement and chose to play the solo part on an E-flat clarinet, a beautiful Buffet Tosca Green Line freshly produced in the Mantes factory, supported by 2 clarinets in A, one bass clarinet, one contrabass clarinet and a double bass, with the one and only Yann DUBOST, an incredibly talented and versatile musician you may know from many previous videos, thank you so much Yann!
If you’re interested, the score will be soon available for clarinet quartet on https://www.clarinet-edition.fr
I hope you’ll like it!
Take care and stay safe ❤️