Yellow Jade Banquet, solo clarinets, orchestra, full score

Based on Chinese Folksong, inspired by menu of Chinese banquet with sections: Oyster Sauce Beef Soup, Exotic Por and Japanese Cucumbers, Cantonese Duck and Barbecue Ribs, Slippery Shrimp and Broccoli, Braised Chicken in Chestnut Sauce, Scrambled Eggs with Garlic Chives, Lemon Fried Fish, Beijing Lamb with Colorful Peppers, Cloud-eared Honeydew with Jellies, Strawberry Cheesecake. Level 4 1/2

Instrumentation
Sc/Pts:3 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 Timp 3 Perc Str Solo Clarinet (Bb, Eb sop, Basset Hn)

Composer
Deon Nielsen Price, ASCAP

Time
10′

Composition Year
2006

Publication Year
2007

Recording Information
10/17/09, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Grand Concert Studio, National Radio Company of Ukraine, Kiev; Berkeley A. Price solo clarinet; John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; on “Dancing on the Brink of the World” Cambria CD-1170;

Performance Information
3/22/08, Palos Verdes Regional Orchestra, James Armstrong Theater, Torrance, California, Berkeley A. Price, solo clarinet; D.N.Price, conductor. 4/18/08, China National Symphony Orchestra, National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China, Berkeley A. Price, solo clarinetist, Apo Hsu, conductor.