{"id":123,"date":"2015-12-11T03:31:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T03:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/returning\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:17:24","slug":"returning-clarinet","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/returning-clarinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Download a Preview PDF<\/h2>\n<p>Returning for clarinet &#8211; Preview (381 kB)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdm_download_button_box_default\"><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=3920\" method=\"post\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-form sdm-download-form\"><div class=\"sdm-recaptcha-button\"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-v3-response\" name=\"g-recaptcha-response\"\/><a href=\"#\" class=\"sdm_download teal sdm_download_with_condition\">Download Watermarked Score for Perusal<\/a><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"download_id\" value=\"3920\" \/><\/form><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Printing is disabled for Preview scores.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Written for Grant Anderson of the Concord Orchestra, <strong>Returning<\/strong> was a Christmas present from his wife, and an offering I made to the Concord Orchestra Auction\/Fundraiser. Grant chose the wonderful poem Natural History as the inspirational source for this solo.<\/p>\n<p>I described the piece this way when I delivered it to Grant:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The motivic idea that I focused on was the repeated concert G, the home pitch to which the music frequently returns. Then there&#8217;s the idea of the gently descending line, in soft triplets and a quicker rising arpeggio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I waffled on adding expression marks. At first, I was going to leave it more open, but then it became clear to me that I was hearing specific dynamic-level moments. Altogether, though, interpret freely, molto espressivo throughout. You&#8217;re allowed to amend dynamics if you find a phrase shaping that you like better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Part of Pamela\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product-category\/themed-collections\/poetry-inspired-music\/\">Poetry-Inspired Music collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration<\/strong> has ranged from 7 to almost 9 minutes<\/p>\n<h2>Listen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Listen<\/strong> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarinetconspiracy.com\">Todd Brunel<\/a> playing &#8220;Returning&#8221;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-123-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-returning-brunel.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-returning-brunel.mp3\">http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-returning-brunel.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">\n<p><strong>NATURAL HISTORY<\/strong><br \/>\nby E.B. White, <em>sent to his wife in a letter<\/em><br \/>\n<em> and published anonymously in 1929<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The spider, dropping down from twig,<br \/>\nUnwinds a thread of her devising:<br \/>\nA thin, premeditated rig<br \/>\nTo use in rising.<\/p>\n<p>And all the journey down through space,<br \/>\nIn cool descent, and loyal-hearted,<br \/>\nShe builds a ladder to the place<br \/>\nFrom which she started.<\/p>\n<p>Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do,<br \/>\nIn spider&#8217;s web a truth discerning,<br \/>\nAttach one silken strand to you<br \/>\nFor my returning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download a Preview PDF Returning for clarinet &#8211; Preview (381 kB) Printing is disabled for Preview scores. Notes Written for Grant Anderson of the Concord Orchestra, Returning was a Christmas present from his wife, and an offering I made to the Concord Orchestra Auction\/Fundraiser. 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