Etude Caprice

Description

Etude Caprice (1995)

For Clarinet and Piano
Duration: 3′

Premiered by Ivan Garcia in Naples, FL
Recorded by John Bruce Yeh, assistant principal clarinet with the Chicago Symphony, in 2018

This is one of my earliest compositions, written when I was still a “young” trumpeter with the Naples Philharmonic. I recall being out on a bike-ride, and this tune just popped into my head. I decided to turn it into a clarinet etude, and handed it to our then 2nd clarinetist, Ivan Garcia.
Later on, I added a piano accompaniment, which Ivan subsequently recorded.
It was also then recorded, many years later, by Chicago Symphony clarinetist, John Yeh, on an “all-Stephenson” CD.