Invest in the official Schott edition. Print it on high-quality cream paper (avoid glare from stage lights). Mark it heavily with pencil. After six months of practice, you will not only have a PDF file on your tablet; you will have conquered a cornerstone of 21st-century clarinet repertoire.
In the pantheon of solo clarinet repertoire, few works from the 21st century have achieved the cult status of . Composed in 1993, when Widmann was just 20 years old, this twelve-minute tour-de-force has become a rite of passage for professional clarinetists. It is a piece that pushes the physical limits of the instrument while simultaneously paying homage to the great romantic tradition of virtuoso showpieces.
