An overwhelming sound with only recorded (bass) clarinets and digital drums. Turn up the volume while listening to this track!

Intro (Black Fanfare)

Before I moved my stuff in my loft, I checked the acoustics of the empty apartment. This is the result.

Improvisation in an Empty Loft - for Bass Clarinet solo

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for violin, clarinet & piano

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Waltz Nr. 2 (live)

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Performed by Orkest Zuid (https://www.orkestzuid.nl)
Conductor: Jos van de Braak
Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, 29 May 2016
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The composition "Binary Digits" is loosely built on a binary structure. The work can be divided into three sections:

The 1st section has a "bit-length" of 1 (2^0). All the parts, like the clarinet and the piccolo/Eb-clarinet, are single.
The 2nd one has a "bit-length" of 2 (2^1). In terms of counts of eighth notes, is twice as long as the first section. Also, all parts are like a duet, in a free canonical form.
The 3rd section has a "bit-length" of 4 (2^2) and lasts twice as long as the second one and, therefore, four times as long as the first section. And as you can guess, this is kind of a quartet, again in a free canonical form.
In all sections, instruments like the flute, oboe, and marimba play a "binary counter". One hit stands for a "0", and two hits stand for a "1". There is one bit to count in the first segment, two bits in the second one, and four bits in the third.

And there’s one more thing: The structure of this work also partly relies on the prime numbers "11" and "101" (3 and 5 in a decimal system). The maximum value of a 4-bit number is 1111, equal to 15 in our common base-10 number system. "3" and "5" are the two prime factors of 15.
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"A bit is the basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. A bit can have only one of two values, and may therefore be physically implemented with a two-state device. These values are most commonly represented as either a 0 or 1. The term bit is a portmanteau of binary digit. . . . The length of a binary number may be referred to as its bit-length." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit)

Binary Digits

Binary Digits (live)

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"Wals van Fantasie" ("waltz of Fantasy") is the first mature composition by Steven Henry, written for concert band. The Piece premiered in The Netherlands on June, 1999. For composing this piece Steven Henry drew inspiration from, among other Camille Saint-Saëns and George Bizet.
Enjoy the piece!

Wals van Fantasie

Wals van Fantasie (live)

Mirovoi is a composition by Janco Verduin for Rodinia. Rodinia commissioned the piece for their performance during ClarinetFest 2018 in Ostend, Belgium.

This is a live recording, unfortunately with auto-recording level on - as you can hear from the background noise.

Mirovoi (Janco Verduin)

A home studio recording by Steven Henry of this wonderful piece composed by Bill Ryan.

Simple Lines (Bill Ryan)

Rodinia Commissioned Loes Reiling in 2018 to compose a piece for violin, bass clarinet & piano. "Flying in the Wind" was the result.
The recording was made from a performance of Rodinia during the Master graduation event of Loes Reiling (she passed!) on 19 May 2019 at poppodium Willem Twee, Den Bosch (NL)

Ferdie van Assche  |  piano
Esther Damsma - in 't Groen  |  violin
Steven Henry  |  bass clarinet

Flying in the Wind (Loes Reiling, live)

This is a live recording from the first performance of the beautiful piece "Memorias", composed by the Spanish composer Pedro Iturralde.
This arrangement was made especially for Rodinia and performed for the first time at "Tuin de Lage Oorsprong" in Oosterbeek (NL), April 2019.

Memorias (Pedro Iturralde, live)

One in Apeldoorn,
One in Eindhoven,
Together in music.
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"Freedom", as performed by Meander
Original version by Racoon
Voice & Guitar | Ellen Starmans
Bass Clarinet & Production | Steven Henry

Freedom (Racoon)

I’m really excited to release this arrangement of the Camila Cabello song "Havana", for bass clarinet quartet (also available as clarinet quartet). Enjoy!
Check the video on https://youtu.be/hkVWfQu4dCM

Sheet music available:
-- Bass Clarinet quartet: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/havana-for-bass-clarinet-quartet-digital-sheet-music/21774668
-- Clarinet quaret: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/havana-for-clarinet-quartet-digital-sheet-music/21774967

"Havana" is a salsa-inspired mid-tempo pop song with R&B-pop beats, on which Cabello embraces her Cuban heritage. Cabello sings the chorus over Latin-in􏰁uenced piano riffs and rhythm, with the melody's chord progression constantly switching between Gm—E♭—D7 and Gm—E♭maj7—D7. Sadie Bell of Billboard interpreted the line "Half of my heart is in Havana" as the song chronicling "a romance that found Cabello's heart left down south," while for Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos said that in the "clubby, smooth" track, Cabello falls in love with "a mysterious suitor from East Atlanta and Croatia", though she has left her heart in her hometown. Young Thug performs a sing-song verse over the "bouncy" piano. Rap-Up described the song as a "Latin fusion", and XXL called it a "straightforward pop track".

Arranged by Steven Henry
Music performed and recorded by Steven Henry at Microlab Eindhoven (NL)

Words and Music by Frank Dukes, Young Thug, Pharrell Williams, Watt, Brian Lee, Ali Tamposi, Starrah and Camila Cabello

Original song Copyright © 2017 Maidmetal Limited, Milamoon Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Pop Music Publishing, More Water From Nazareth, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Nyankingmusic, Sam Fam Beats, Reservoir 416, Young Stoner Life Publishing LLC, Andrew Watt Music, People Over Planes, These Are Songs Of Pulse, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs From The Dong, 300 Rainwater Music, Atlantic Songs, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Kaan Gunesberk Publishing Designee This arrangement Copyright © 2020 Maidmetal Limited, Milamoon Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Pop Music Publishing, More Water From Nazareth, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Nyankingmusic, Sam Fam Beats, Reservoir 416, Young Stoner Life Publishing LLC, Andrew Watt Music, People Over Planes, These Are Songs Of Pulse, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Songs From The Dong, 300 Rainwater Music, Atlantic Songs, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Kaan Gunesberk Publishing Designee All Rights on behalf of Maidmetal Limited, Milamoon Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Pop Music Publishing, More Water From Nazareth, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Nyankingmusic and Sam Fam Beats Administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219 All Rights on behalf of Reservoir 416 and Young Stoner Life Publishing LLC Administered Worldwide by Reservoir Media Management, Inc. All Rights on behalf of Songs From The Dong, 300 Rainwater Music and Atlantic Songs Administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All Rights on behalf of Andrew Watt Music Administered Worldwide by Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing All Rights on behalf of People Over Planes Administered by These Are Songs Of Pulse International Copyright Secured   All Rights Reserved

Havana

Havana (Camila Cabello)

Yeah!! "Bass Clarinet Disco Inferno" for four of these great instruments (all bass clarinet of course) and drums. Need I to say more??? Enjoy!
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A version for clarinet choir (Clarinet Disco Inferno) is also available.
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Bass Clarinet Disco Inferno

A cover of the famous "Sweat Dreams" by the Dutch duo Meander. This song has been on our repertoire list for a long time and is one of our favourites to perform.

ABOUT MEANDER
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Vocals & guitar: Ellen Starmans
Bass clarinet & vocals: Steven HENRY
website: http://www.meandermusic.nl

SOME PRODUCTION DETAILS
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Vocals & guitar recorded by Ellen Starmans (with an iPhone)
Bass clarinet(s) & vocals recorded by Steven Henry
Produced by Steven Henry
at Microlab Strijp-S, Eindoven (NL):
https://www.microlab.nl

Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)

Bass Clarinetist | Composer | Science & Tech lover
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Steven Henry is an Eindhoven based bass clarinetist and composer, with a background in applied physics. He composes for concert bands, films and various ensembles. As a performer he travels between chamber music, pop music and minimal music.
At the moment Steven Henry researches the possibilities for using gestures to control electronics to accompany and morph his acoustical sound.

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