Escapades, by Jonathan Howard Katz

Description

ESCAPADES (2023) by Jonathan Howard Katz

for clarinet, cello, and piano

21 pages (score); 6 pages (clarinet part); 8 pages (cello part)

9 in. x 12 in. bound score, two bound parts

Program note:

This was the last work created for Periapsis Music and Dance, and one of several works of mine generously commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. It was my second collaboration with choreographer Evita Zacharioglou, and her initial vision was of two female clowns performing together in a partner act. So there is a lightness and sense of play, but the characters share a rivalry that bathes the work in a dark humor. Ultimately the emotional story became complex, with elements of competition and codependency mixed with the comic exaggerations of clown mannerisms. The work was previewed at Periapsis’s final event on June 25, 2023, in lieu of a full premiere. It received its premiere as a concert work at Tenri Cultural Institute on December 13, 2025, with clarinetist Nuno Antunes, cellist Kirsten Jermé, and pianist Piotr Kozłowski.

This work is available for retail purchase from Theodore Front Musical Literature.
This work is available for institutional purchase from Harrassowitz (OttoEditions) and Theodore Front Musical Literature.
PDF score coming soon!

ISMN 979-0-800356-14-8