Country Gardens

Country Gardens is perhaps Percy Grainger's most well-known work and at the least is the work which brought him the most fame as a concert pianist. This version, based on a later orchestration of the work, came at a point in his life in which he was tired of the tune and features a number of purposeful "wrong" notes. Embrace these "wrong" notes, but also perhaps give the audience a little fair warning. Enjoy! Scored for E-flat clarinet, five B-flat clarinets, alto clarinet (optional basset horn or B-flat clarinet 6), bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet (optional contralto clarinet or string bass).