John Macfarlane
Clarinettist
John’s lifelong interest in the clarinet began aged 13. By the age of 16 he was a Junior Exhibitioner at the Guildhall School of Music and much later, after private lessons with the renowned clarinettist Thea King, he obtained his teaching and performing diplomas as an external student at the Royal College of Music in London. While still a student he played with two other doyens of the clarinet, Jack Brymer and Alan Hacker.
In the course of many years he has acquired alto and tenor saxophones, a basset horn and a bass clarinet. He has played professionally on the bass clarinet in the Nederlands Promenade Orkest and on the basset horn and clarinet with Ensemble Esprit and the Herman Strategier Begeleidingorkest. In the Netherlands he has received postgraduate instruction from Sjef Douwes. He remains active as a player and as a clarinet teacher, even preparing pupils for conservatoire and giving coaching to amateur ensembles.
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Repertoire
| Solo Clarinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley, Lennox | Three Pieces | 4’ |
| Cantor, Montague | Suite | 11’ |
| Gyring, Elizabeth | Scherzando | 4’ |
| Jacob, Gordon | Five Pieces | 10’ |
| Wright, Margot | Improvisation | 3’ |
| Clarinet & Piano | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arne, Thomas | Sonata in B flat, arr. Craxton | 4’ |
| Arnold, Malcolm | Sonatina | 7’ |
| Bach, JSB, arr Kent | Arioso from Cantata Nr 156 | 4’ |
| Bax, Arnold | Sonata | 12’ |
| Benjamin, Arthur | Jamaican Rumba | 2’ |
| Bilk, Acker | Stranger on the Shore | 3’ |
| Bliss, Arthur | Pastoral | 4’ |
| Brahms, Johannes | Sonatas nrs 1 & 2, Op 120 | c.25’ |
| Browne, Philip | A Truro Maggot | 3’ |
| Burgmüller, Norbert | Duo | 12’ |
| Busoni, Feruccio | Suite K88 | |
| Busoni, Feruccio | Elegie | 5’ |
| Byrne, Andrew | Suite | 13’ |
| Cooke, Arnold | Sonata in B flat | 19’ |
| Cooke, Arnold | Alla Marcia | 4’ |
| Curzon, Frederic | Clarinetto con moto | 3’ |
| Danzi, Franz | Sonata in B flat major | 17’ |
| Delius, Frederick | Serenade from Hassan | 2’ |
| Dello Joio, Norman | Three Essays | 11’ |
| Dodd, Raymond | Prelude | 3’ |
| Dondeyne, Désiré | Romance | |
| Draeseke, Felix | Sonata Op 38 | 22’ |
| Dunhill, Thomas | Phantasy Suite, Op 91 | 11’ |
| Edmunds, Christopher | Gay Hornpipe & Lament | 3’ |
| Ferguson, Howard | Four Short Pieces | 6’ |
| Finzi, Gerald | Five Bagatelles | |
| Gade, Niels | Fantasiestücke, Op 43 | 10’ |
| Gal, Hans | Sonata Op 84 | |
| Gibbs, C.Armstrong | Three Pieces | 8’ |
| Grechaninov, Alexander | Brimborions Op 138 | |
| Head, Michael | Echo Valley | 4’ |
| Heiden, Bernard | Sonatina | |
| Hindemith, Paul | Sonate | 16’ |
| Horovitz, Joseph | Sonatina | 13’ |
| Howells, Herbert | A Near-Minuet | 3’ |
| Hurlstone, William | Four Characteristic Pieces | 13’ |
| Jenner, Gustav | Sonata in G major | 23’ |
| Lefèvre, Jean Xavier | Sonata nr 1 | 7’ |
| Lutoslawski, Witold | Dance Preludes | 10’ |
| Mathias, William | Sonatina | 8’ |
| Milhaud, Darius | Duo Concertant | 8’ |
| Milhaud, Darius | Caprice | 2’ |
| Müller, Iwan | Le Rêve | 4’ |
| Neukomm, Sigismund | Fantasie | 7’ |
| Penderecki. Krzysztof | Three Miniatures | |
| Pierné, Gabriel | Canzonetta | 3’ |
| Poulenc, Francis | Sonata | 14’ |
| Reger, Max | Romance in G dur | 2’ |
| Reinecke, Carl | Introduction & Allegro appassionato Op256 | 8’ |
| Reinecke, Carl | Fantasy pieces Op 22 | 12’ |
| Reizenstein, Franz | Sonatina | 6’ |
| Rheinberger, Joseph | Sonata Op 150a | 18’ |
| Roeck, Gustave de | Serenade Galante | 4’ |
| Rota, Nino | Sonata in D | 11’ |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Sonata Op 167 | 15’ |
| Schumann, Robert | Three Romances Op 94 | 10’ |
| Schumann, Robert | Phantasiestücke Op 73 | 8’ |
| Seiber, Mátyás | Andantino Pastorale | 4’ |
| Spaeth, Andreas | Nocturne nr 3 | 7’ |
| Stanford, Charles | Sonata Op 129 | 20’ |
| Stanford, Charles | Three Intermezzi | 8’ |
| Wanhal, Johann Baptist | Sonata | 14’ |
| Weber, Carl Maria v. | Grand Duo Concertant Op 48 | 21’ |
| Weber, Carl Maria v. | Seven Variations Op 33 | 15’ |
| Clarinet, Violin & Piano | ||
|---|---|---|
| Krenek, Ernst | Trio Op 108 | |
| Milhaud, Darius | Suite | |
| Schubert, Franz | Grand Rondeau Op 107 |
| Clarinet, Viola & Piano | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bruch, Max | Acht Stücke Op 83 | |
| Jacobsson, John | Tre Stycken Op 45 | 10’ |
| Mozart, Wolfgang | Kegelstatt trio KV 498 | |
| Reinecke, Carl | Trio Op 264 | |
| Schumann, Robert | Fairy Tales Op 132 | |
| Smit, Leo | Trio |
| Clarinet, Cello & Piano | ||
|---|---|---|
| Beethoven, Ludwig | Trio Op 11 | |
| Berger, Wilhelm | Trio in G min Op 94 | |
| Brahms, Johannes | Trio Op 114 | |
| Bruch, Max | Acht Stücke Op 83 | |
| Fruhling, Carl | Trio Op 40 | |
| Juon, Paul | Trio-Miniaturen | |
| Zemlinsky, Alexander | Trio Op 3 |
| Clarinet, String Trio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amon, Johann | Quartett Op 106 Nr 2 | |
| Crusell, Bernhard H. | Quautor Op 2 in E flat major | |
| Crusell, Bernhard H. | Quatuor Op 4 in C minor | |
| Crusell, Bernhard H. | Quatuor Op 7 in D major | |
| Farkas, Ferenc | Ricordanze | |
| Hoffmeister Franz A. | 3 Quartette | |
| Hummel, Joh. Nepomuk | Quartetto | |
| Krommer, Franz V. | Quartet in D Op 82 | |
| Mozart, Wolfgang | Quartett Op 79 [KV317d (378)] | |
| Stamitz, Carl | Quartet E flat maj Op 8 Nr1 | |
| Stamitz, Carl | Quartets Op 19: nr 1-3 |
| Clarinet, String Quartet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baermann, Joseph | Adagio (prev. attrib. to Wagner) | |
| Brahms, Johannes | Quintet in B minor Op 115 | |
| Busoni, Ferruccio | Suite in G minor | |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel | Quintet | |
| Corigliano, John | Elegy | |
| Delius, Frederick | Serenade (Hassan) | |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Sonatina arr. Jack Brymer | |
| Fuchs, Robert | Quintett in Es Dur Op 102 | |
| Gal, Hans | Quintet Op 107 | |
| Glazunov, Alexander | Oriental Reverie | |
| Koumans, Rudolf | Quintet | |
| Krehl, Stephan | Quintett Op 19 | |
| Krommer, Franz | Quintet in B flat Op 95 | |
| Macfarlane, John | Mon Adache (Cl & Basscl.) | |
| Meyer, Ernst H. | Kleine Eröffnungsmusik | |
| Milford, Robin | Phantasy Quintet Op 33 | |
| Mozart, Wolfgang | Quintettsatz in B flat arr.Diethelm | |
| Mozart, Wolfgang | Quintet in A major KV 581 | |
| Reger, Max | Quintet in A major Op 146 | |
| Reicha, Anton | Quintet in B flat | |
| Reicha, Anton | Quintet in F major Op 107 | |
| Somervell, Arthur | Clarinet Quintet | |
| Stanford, Charles | Fantasies Nr. 1 and 2 | |
| Straesser, Ewald | Quintett Op 34 | |
| Weber, Carl Maria | Quintett in B-Dur Op 34 |
| Repertoire with Voice | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arne, Thomas | When Daisies Pied | |
| Brahms, Johannes | Two Songs | |
| Cooke, Arnold | Three Songs of Innocence | |
| Brown, Emma | The Hag | |
| Kalliwoda, Johann | Heimathlied | |
| Macfarlane, John | The Linnet Cycle | |
| McCabe, John | Three Folk Songs | |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo | Hirtenlied | |
| Mozart, Wolfgang | ‘Parto! Ma tu ben mio’ from La Clemenza di Tito | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicholay | Song of the Shepherd Lell | |
| Schubert, Franz | Der Hirt auf dem Felsen | |
| Spohr, Louis | Sechs deutsche Lieder | |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Three Vocalises | |
| Wright, Margot | Three Folk Songs |