Shostakovich Waltz No. 2 from "Suite for Variety Orchestra" for four clarinets

 (3 clarinets in Bb, bass clarinet in Bb)

Familiar to many as the soundtrack to the film Eyes Wide Shut, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Waltz No. 2 from the Suite for Variety Orchestra – which is better known as Jazz Suite No. 2 – has mysterious, lascivious qualities that call to mind circus or variety music. Stefan Potzmann has arranged this dramatic Russian performance piece for four clarinets, thus adding another wellknown classic to the instrumental literature now available.

• Effective Russian performance piece, arranged for clarinet quartet
• Easy to moderately difficult literature for Ensemble
• Famous title music from the film ‘Eyes Wide Shut’