Boreal Ballad

Boreal Ballad is a two page unaccompanied advanced clarinet solo. Very expressive with a wide range and some extremely difficult passages. It depicts the seasons of the subarctic Boreal Forest of Northern Manitoba. Beginning in the calm summer and midnight twilight, Fall approaches. September snow and early November freeze up of lakes and rivers. Winter brings months of minus 30 and 16 hours of darnkess. Gradually first signs of Spring occur in April, with break up of lake and river ice in late May. Finally, a return to the brief, wonderful, bug infested Summer and 1O:30 P.M. sunsets when it never gets totally dark, completing the cycle. Tom Heimer is also author of The Most Advanced Clarinet Book.