Bennie Maupin discusses his love affair with the bass clarinet. This story is part of our spotlight this month on musicians who play instruments tuned in the lower frequencies. This month we're ...

is an odd-looking instrument, all the more so because it’s rarely encountered. More than three feet long, its long central core is an extended version of the standard clarinet-a black tube with silver ...

There is something Brobdingnagian about the bass clarinet; the sounds it can make are too grand for our human dimension There is something Brobdingnagian about the bass clarinet; the sounds it can ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Jason Noble plays Sebastián Tozzola’s Paisaje Folklórico No. 2 on bass clarinet, with Tamara-Anna ...

When the Colorado Symphony sets out to recreate scenes from the Disney film “Fantasia” this Saturday, clarinetist Andy Stevens may have a particularly easy job of it. Stevens owns the bass clarinet ...

Marcus gets a clean, unfettered sound from both his band and his instrument on his new album. Trio+ is crisp, tight and varied — with more good melodies than we can dip into. This is FRESH AIR. The ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. The clarinet is played with a reed, which is a very thin piece of wood that ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This section of the orchestra got its name from the fact that many of its ...