There was also an appealing solo clarinet.
The work is Ireland's only extant piece for solo clarinet and one of his last major compositions before his retirement.
Away for solo clarinet, string orchestra, piano and percussion (1994)
A true second theme played by the violins and a solo clarinet finally does appear twenty-three measures later before the exposition rapidly comes to close.
This is played by a solo clarinet, and is included within quotation marks in the score.
The theme is presented primarily by the solo clarinet.
The Sonata is scored for a solo clarinet in B-flat.
It is one in a series of compositions commissioned by the bandleader/clarinetist featuring solo clarinet.
Other works for solo clarinet and orchestra by:
"Blindness is another form of music, like the solo clarinet in the mind of Bartok."