Meditation for clarinet (or bass clarinet) (op. 77b, 1979)
Instrumentation
Clarinet in B flat or bass clarinet
Duration: 3 minutes
Premiere
7 August 1979,
Wies/Steingaden, Landvolkshochschule, Chapel
Hans-Peter Huber
Autograph
I. Title: Meditation f. Clarinet solo for H.P. Huber on 6 Aug. 79 - Length: 2 pages - Date: 6 Aug. 79 - Location: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich
II. title: Meditation f. Clarinet solo (or bass clarinet) - Length: 1 page - Date: 1979 - Location:
Publisher
Schott Music KLB 66 / ISMN: M-001-15003-3
First edition: J. Schuberth & Co., Hamburg 1981
For many years, Bertold Hummel led an orchestra week for young instrumentalists at the Landvolkshochschule Wies (near Steingaden) at the beginning of the Bavarian summer school holidays. Clarinettist Hans-Peter Huber was a loyal participant in this event. When he was asked to play meditation music at a church service, he asked Bertold Hummel if he had a piece for him, whereupon my father put this Meditation down on paper during his lunch break on 7 August 1979.
Martin Hummel