Audio

Music Amici at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City

Solo Excerpts

•  Debussy – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
  Recorded with Ekaterina Tangarova in Cedar Park, Texas
• Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 Slow Mvmt for Solo Clarinet
  Recorded at Sharyn and Daniel’s Wedding in Venice, Florida
• Drapkin – My Resting Place
  Mile High Freedom Band, Denver, Colorado
•  Van der Roost – Four Gypsy Songs. Allegro – opening clarinet solo
  Mile High Freedom Band, Denver, Colorado
•  Beethoven Sixth Symphony; First Movement Clarinet Solo
  Guest with Austin Youth Symphony, Austin, Texas
•  Two clarinet solos from Eric Whitacre’s Equus
  Manhattan Wind Ensemble, New York City
•  Mozart Clarinet Concerto; Rondo excerpt
  Broadway Bach Ensemble, New York City
•  Clarinet solo in Berlioz Symphony Fantastique slow movement
  Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, Norwalk, CT
•  Clarinet solos on a recording of Neapolitan songs sung by Olimpia Lucente, beautifully arranged and conducted by Hollywood composer Ludek Drizhal.
  The Czech National Symphony Orchestra
•  Blue Shades – Clarinet Solo
  Michael Drapkin arrangement for woodwind quintet + drums; Recorded in Austin, TX
•  Virushalayim Opening Solo
  Rav Shmuel’s CD: B’yameinu
•  Cadenza – Gilmore Five Folk Songs
  Manhattan Wind Ensemble, New York City

Brahms: Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115

•  Allegro
•  Adagio
•  Andantino – Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
•  Con moto – Un poco meno mosso
  Music Amici, Lafayette Theatre, Suffern, New York

Copland: Appalachian Spring (Original version for 13 instruments)

•  Appalachian Spring
  Music Amici, Carnegie Hall

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A K.622

•  Allegro
•  Adagio
•  Rondo – Allegro
  The Broadway Bach Ensemble, New York City

At The Kosher Store in Austin, Texas

Yiddish Cowboys: Sundays at the Kosher Store

•  Jewish Medley
•  Raisins and Almonds
•  Miserlou
•  Klezmer Set
•  Mommas
  CD Recorded in Bastrop, Texas near Austin

Mozart: Quintet in A for Clarinet and String Quartet, K. 581

•  Allegro
•  Larghetto
•  Menuetto–Trio I-II
•  Allegretto con Variazioni I-IV – Adagio – Allegro
  Music Amici, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City

Weber: Quintet in Bb for Clarinet and String Quartet, Op. 34

•  Allegro
•  Fantasia – Adagio ma non troppo
•  Menuetto, Trio – Capriccio Presto
•  Rondo – Allegro gioccoso
  Music Amici, Carnegie Hall

Mozart: Quintet in Bb Fragment for Clarinet and String Quartet, KAnh91/516c
(Completed by Robert Levin)

•  Allegro
  Music Amici, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City

Music Amici at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall

Gordon Jacob: Quintet for Clarinet String Quartet

•  Tempo Moderato
•  Scherzo: Allegro Con Brio
•  Rhapsody: Poco Lento
•  Introduction, Theme And Variations: Poco Lento
  Music Amici, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City

Brahms: Sonata in F Minor for Clarinet and Piano

•  Allegro appassionato
•  Andante un poco Adagio
•  Allegretto grazioso
•  Vivace
  Solo Recital, Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Messiaen: Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of the birds)

•  Abîme des oiseaux from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
  Solo Recital, Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Beethoven: Trio For Clarinet, Cello and Piano

• •  Allegro Con Brio
  •  Adagio
  •  Tema Con Variazioni

Chamber Music Concert, Hidden Hills, California

Milhaud: Suite For Piano, Violin, and Clarinet

•  Ouverture
•  Divertissement
•  Jeu
•  Introduction et Final
  Music Amici, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City

Hummel: Clarinet Quartet in Eb Major

•  Allegro moderato
•  La seccatura: Allegro molto
•  Andante
•  Rondo: Allegretto
  Music Amici, Orangetown Jewish Center, Orangeberg, New York

Brahms: Trio in A Minor for Clarinet, Cello and Piano

•  Allegro
•  Adagio
•  Andantino grazioso
•  Allegro
  Chamber Music Concert, Hidden Hills, California

Holst: Suite in Eb Transcribed for Clarinet Trio

•  Chaconne
•  Intermezzo
•  March
  Michael Drapkin Clarinet Trio, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Schubert: Octet in F major

• •  Adagio – Allegro – Più Allegro
  •  Adagio
  •  Allegro vivace – Trio – Allegro vivace
  •  Andante – variations. Un poco più mosso = Più lento
  •  Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio – Menuetto – Coda
  •  Andante molto – Allegro – Andante molto – Allegro molto

Tanglewood, Berkshire Music Center 8-13-78 (some audio deterioration)

Ethnic Pieces with Clarinet

•  Dinicu: Tempest Hora
  (arranged by Ron Combes for clarinet and band)
•  Rav Shmuel: V’irushalayim
  (Opening clarinet solo)
•  Rav Shmuel: Mattersdorf
  (Clarinet solos in middle and end)
•  Tarras: Dovid’l Bazetst di Kale
  (Clarinet, Cello, Piano)
•  Sunrise, Sunset
  (Clarinet, Cello, Piano)
•  Drapkin: Suite of Old Yiddish Melodies
  (Violin, Clarinet, Accordion, String Bass)

Performing Blue Shades at South By Southwest 2010

Blue Shades at South by SouthWest 2010

•  Ticheli: Blue Shades
  (arranged and performed by Michael Drapkin for woodwind quintet and drums)

Stuff

•  Happy Birthday Variations
  Arranged and performed by Michael Drapkin, clarinet/bass clarinet/dj, circa 1980 in New York City
•  Tritonization
  Arranged and performed by Michael Patrick Coyle, piano, April 14, 2016 in Minnespolis in honor of my birthday
•  Songs from Shakespeare’s Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare’s Time
  Narrated, arranged and performed by Michael Drapkin, clarinet 1/clarinet 2, circa 1972; for 9th grade Honor’s English