Mandat - Pursuits of Happiness for Clarinet Sextet

Eric Mandat - Pursuits of Happiness for Clarinet Sextet. Composed in 2011 for Rose Sperrazza and the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble. Written for three clarinetist couples: Stanley and Naomi Drucker, John Bruce Yeh and Teresa Reilly, and Rose Sperraza and David Tuttle. Each movement highlights one of the couples:

1. Romp
2. Honesty
3. Stomp

Instrumentation:

• Eb Clarinet
• 3 Bb Clarinets
• Basset Horn (or Alto Clarinet)
• Bass Clarinet