Matt Johnston

The Overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro is a perennial favorite of woodwind players everywhere. This arrangement cor Clarinet Choir gives players a chance to wiggle thei...

Fanfare by Belgian composer Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, arranged for Clarinet Choir by Matt Johnston. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881) is a composer unfamiliar to most, unless you happen to be either...

The Concertino of Carl Maria von Weber was originally composed in Spring 1811 over the course of three days for German clarinet virtuoso Heinrich Joseph Baermann. It was a particularly productive year...

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the score for The Sleeping Beauty in 1889 and it was premiered the following January at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of the more freq...

Dream of a Witches' Sabbath is the fifth and final movement of Hector Berlioz's programmatic work, Symphonie Fantastique. This movement is a wild and frenzied musical depiction of a drug-induced night...

Ailem Carvajal-Gómez - Suite Caribeana for E-flat Clarinet and Clarinet Choir, arranged by Matt Johnston. A charming and festive suite of five dances by Cuban composers Manuel Saumell and Ignacio Cerv...

What began as an arrangement of this movement for a budding high school bass clarinet soloist has evolved into a full arrangement for soloist accompanied by clarinet choir. Naturally, even though the...

This arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Overture from The Marriage of Figaro could easily be played by a traditional clarinet choir, simply reading all the Bass Clarinet parts on B-flat Clarinet...

Originally composed by Pavel Chesnokov in 1912, 'Salvation is Created' seemed perfectly suitable to be arranged for bass clarinet ensemble. Some hairpin crescendos and decrescendos have been added, as...

This has to be one of the most haunting pieces ever composed for the piano. Here it has been tastefully transcribed (and transposed, thankfully!) for an assortment of low clarinets. Not for the faint...

A favorite duet for flutists everywhere, arranged and adapted for two clarinets and piano.

This re-issue of an old masterwork by Georges Meister has been completely revised and edited in 2015, and is not simply a reprinting of the 1916 Carl Fischer edition. Based on the arrangement by Gusta...

A transcription of the Fugue from the Fantasie and Fugue in G minor. A moderately difficult piece, but fun to play once all the parts come together. The optional parts allow the piece to be expanded t...

A transcription of the very popular 'Little' Fugue in G minor, originally written for organ. This version can be performed with as few as four players, or can be expanded for full clarinet choir. Inst...

Eight pieces in one, a book of shorter preludes and fugues. A delightful collection of Bach at his best.... but actually it is now known that Ludwig Krebs was the actual composer of this set! Instrume...

A transcription of one of Bach's most intricate fugues, the Fugue in E-flat Major is based on the hymn tune known as 'St. Anne'. The piece consists of three sections (each with it's own fugal subject)...

The toccata taken from the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 538. Not as famous as the 'other' Toccata and Fugue in D minor, however, it is still a pretty interesting piece with lots of counterpoint B...

A chorale prelude taken from the set of preludes Brahms wrote just prior to his death. Mysterious and haunting, this prelude is suitable for performance during the Lenten season. Instrumentation: 3 B-...

Originally composed for organ, this work is taken from the collection of Twelve Pieces by Theodore Dubois. Per its name, it makes a good Offertory, but then again, it's a nice gentle piece of music wi...

A gentle, pastoral prelude in 6/8 following by a unique fugue with an interesting chromatic subject in 4/2 time. Instrumentation: 4 B-Flat Clarinets, Bass Clarinet

The lovely Aria "Sull’aria...che soave zeffiretto" ("On the breeze… What a gently little Zephyr") paired with the Finale of the third act of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved opera The Marriage of Fig...

Easily one of the most recognizable pieces of music in the world, surprisingly, little is known about Johann Pachelbel's famous Canon. It was probably popular around the time of its composition, but t...

Colloquially referred to as the "Queen of the Night Aria," this aria from The Magic Flute of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is officially titled Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Hell's vengeance boils...

This a very exciting transcription of the Bacchanale from Saint-Saens's opera Samson and Delilah. Instrumentation: 3 B-Flat Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Piano