Kapelle Rubin, Getzmann, Buser

Kirchner’s œuvre spans a wide range of musical genres. Apart from numerous compositions for orchestra and for the music theatre the former professional viola player has always had a soft spot for chamber music. Though even in this sphere of “absolute and pure” art Kirchner’s music has strong connections with the more theatrical, the “Comédie huMayne” which is also reflected in his choice of titles (e.g. Mysterion, Il canto della notte, Lamento d’Orfeo, Exil). The clarinet proves to be the ideal instrument to bring out the somewhat scurrilous humour and character of Pierrot; no doubt, player and audience alike will conjure up suitable images (“scenes”) from the Commedia del’ arte. Instrumentation: clarinet in Bb solo

The name Kroll has a distinctive ring in clarinet circles as Oskar Kroll’s book on the clarinet has been regarded as one of the standard treatises on clarinet playing ever since its first edition in 1944. The 30 Studies on Tonguing Techniques’ are not repetitive and dully mechanical but focus on each technical problem in detail and with precise solutions. Instrumentation: clarinet

The name Kroll has a distinctive ring in clarinet circles as Oskar Kroll’s book on the clarinet has been regarded as one of the standard treatises on clarinet playing ever since its first edition in 1944.Karl Kroll (1881-1957) – father of the author Oskar and teacher of the editor Dieter Klöcker – enjoyed a considerable reputation as a clarinettist during his lifetime.The ’20 Caprices‘ are short pieces, musically indebted to the late Romantic period, but incorporating a number of tricky fingerings. Instrumentation: clarinet

This new edition is based exclusively on sources authorized by the composer and supplies the original text freed from the clutter of later editorial insertions (mainly intended to preserve the alleged interpretation of the clarinet player Bärmann). Instrumentation: clarinet and orchestra WeV N. 9

Das Schaffen des 1926 geborenen Hans Werner Henze ist bestimmt vom Theater, umfasst gleichwohl nahezu alle musikalischen Gattungen. Tonale Muster und freie Atonalität finden darin ebenso Verwendung wie serielle und andere konstruktivistische Methoden. Kennzeichnend für seine Schreibweise sind Kantabilität und Klangempfinden.

The health sector consumes ever growing shares of the GDP in most Western countries. This is a reason for political concern and leads to many discussions on health system reforms. A keystone for the evaluation of health systems and suggested or realized reforms is an understanding of the determinants of health care utilization. Estimation of the demand for health care can help in forming predictions for future trends in health care utilization which can be caused by changes in the socio-demographic structure of a population. It is also of help in developing health care reform proposals and enables the evaluation of realized reforms and policy measures. The importance of the topic, the growing availability of health-related micro-data and my interest in applied microeconometrics led to this thesis. It contains three chapters which are linked together on three dimensions. First, all chapters are concerned with estimating determinants of health care utilization. The three chapters give comprehensive information on determinants of ambulatory health care utilization in Switzerland. Second, econometric methods are applied which have been developed to estimate count data models with endogenous regressors. Health service utilization – measured by the number of physician visits or hospital spells – is a prime example for count data. The estimation of health care utilization should take into account that many of the explanatory variables cannot be considered to be exogenous. Health status and health care utilization are interdependent and the choice of a specific health insurance contract is made based on expected health care utilization. Third, all chapters have an evaluation component. Chapter one estimates health care utilization of elderly Swiss in the context of a disability prevention study. It is one of few studies with availability of an extensive longitudinal database on both health, socio-economic and health care use variables. New insight are gained into the mechanism of preventive programs for older people. As hypothesised, the data show that the preventive intervention results in an initial increase of health service use, followed by a subsequent decrease if the intervention is effective. Chapters two and three estimate incentive-induced changes in physician service utilization by choosing a higher deductible than is minimally required. The results indicate that the effect of choosing a higher deductible is overestimated when endogeneity is not controlled for. Most of the observed lower number of physician visits can be attributed to self-selection of low risk individuals into insurance contracts with higher deductibles.

Die Schweizer Alpen bilden den Westteil einer riesigen Gebirgskette, die sich quer durch den europäischen Kontinent von Nizza nach Wien erstreckt. Die tief eingegrabenen Täler von Rhein und Rhone teilen sie in zwei Systeme. Die Nordalpen flachen nach und nach ab zu den Voralpen und laufen im Mittelland aus: jenseits davon verläuft der Jura. Die Südalpen überragen die Poebene und formen einen fast unüberschreitbaren Grenzwall. Auf der Höhe des Gotthards durchschneidet das zum Rhein- und Rhonegraben senkrecht verlaufende Tal der Reuss die Nordkette. Genau an diesem geographischen Punkt entstand eine wahre Alpenkreuzung, die sich nach den vier Himmelsrichtungen hin öffnet.

Titelzusatz: TrioBesetzung: Klarinette, Klavier und SchlagzeugKompositionsjahr: 1985Ausgabe: Partitur und StimmenSeitenzahl: 44Schwierigkeitsgrad: 4Medienart: Noten

Ein neoimpressionistisches, virtuos-cantables Stimmungsbild. Schwierigkeitsgrad: 5

Johanna Senfter studied music at the Conservatoire in Frankfurt and then in 1908/9 with Max Reger at the Leipzig Conservatoire. Her late Romantic music draws inspiration from the polyphonic structure of Reger and Bach, as well as from the complex use of sounds and motifs in the music of J. Brahms, which did not leave her in an easy position in the context of twentieth Century modernism. Growing interest in the work of female composers has also led to a rediscovery of J. Senfter in recent years. Her extensive work includes piano music, orchestral works and chamber music, including the Piece for flute, clarinet (in A), two bassoons and four horns, first performed in Karlsruhe in 1934. Instrumentation: 8 wind instruments (flute, clarinet in A, 4 horns and 2 bassoons) op. 60