Description

Elgar is probably Britain’s most famous composer of early 20th Century, and represents British Romanticism at its best. Nimrod was originally Variation No. 9 from his Enigma Variations, and pays a subtle homage to Beethoven. Nimrod now stands as a piece in its own right and has been affectionately adopted as the soundtrack to official British state mourning. This arrangement for clarinet choir captures Elgar’s noble and majestic orchestration exploiting the clarinet’s string-like qualities.

“Nimrod” is also published as a saxophone octet and saxophone ensemble, also available from Saxtet Publications.

The E-Edition PDF bundle comes with the following parts:

Standard parts
Clarinet in Eb (alternative to Clarinet in Eb 9)
Clarinet in Bb 1
Clarinet in Bb 2
Clarinet in Bb 3
Clarinet in Bb 4
Clarinet in Bb 5
Clarinet in Bb 6
Clarinet in Bb 7
Alto Clarinet in Eb (alternative to Clarinet in Bb 8)
Bass Clarinet in Bb 1
Bass Clarinet in Bb 2
Bas Clarinet in Bb 3 (alternative to ContraAlto Clarinet)
Contrabass Clarinet in Bb

Alternative & optional parts
Clarinet in Bb 9 (alternative to Clarinet in Eb)
Clarinet in Bb 8 (alternative to Alto Clarinet in Eb)
ContraAlto Clarinet in Eb (alternative to Bass Clarinet in Bb 3)
Timpani (optional)