Clarinet Concerto (Rouse)

The Clarinet Concerto is a concerto for clarinet and orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its principal clarinetist Larry Combs by the Institute for American Music.[1] It was completed December 11, 2000 and premiered May 17, 2001 at Symphony Center in Chicago with Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.[1][2] The piece is dedicated to Rouse's friend and fellow composer Augusta Read Thomas.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Rouse, Christopher. Clarinet Concerto: Program Note by the Composer. 2001. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Rhein, John von (May 19, 2001). "Composer Rouse and CSO are full of sonic audacity". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 24, 2015.