Alex Shapiro, composer: Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (1999)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Premiered in September 1999 in Austin, Texas
by Martha MacDonald, clarinet
and Delaine Fedson, harp.

Transcription of the clarinet and piano version
made by Delaine Fedson.

Also available as:

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Premiered in April 1999 in Rindge, New Hampshire
by Jamie Rainville, clarinet and Rebecca Ahlfors, piano.

Recorded in May 2000 by The Price Duo: Berkeley Price, clarinet, and
Deon Nielsen Price, piano.

Audio clip performed by Berkeley Price, clarinet, and
Deon Nielsen Price, piano.

Intermezzo for Cello and Piano

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Premiered in August 2011 in Friday Harbor, Washington
by Doug Davis, cello and Rowena Hammill, piano.

Intermezzo for Violin and Harp

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (2001)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Piano

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (1998)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 5 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Flute and Harp

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (2008)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 4 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Piano

Total duration ca. 3 minutes (2010)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
One movement work. 6 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Commissioned by Jenni Olson.

View page one of the score for clarinet and harp
Listen to an audio clip of this piece for clarinet and piano
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Listen to an audio clip of this piece for solo piano
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Intermezzo was written in as a response to the waves of the ocean, as well as a reflection of the waves of a more introspective, emotional sea. A long and lyrical theme floats above a steady ostinato, perhaps as a lengthy branch of kelp might dance from the force of each coming tide.

Dial-a-Mood

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp, page 4