Mandat - The Jungle for Solo B-flat Clarinet

Eric Mandat - The Jungle for Solo B-flat Clarinet, composed in 1989. In three movements:

1. Call to Arms – Juxtaposition of static machine-like rhythms and quirky microtonal outbursts
2. Lament – Perfect-interval multiphonics gradually pulled out of tune
3. Apotheosis – Reconciliation between the static rhythms and microtones, or is it a surrender?

“A jazzy tour de force…vaguely familiar yet totally refreshing…it grows on you rather quickly.”

~ Ted Shen, Chicago Reader