Australian Animal Suite No.2 (Clarinet Quartet)

A suite of 5 pieces each featuring a different Australian animal.

1. Tasmanian Devil: A Carnivorous Tasmanian animal that comes out to feed at night.

2. Tiger Snake: - One of Australia's deadly snakes

3. Mr Platypus: A shy semi-aquatic animal that lives in a burrow and swims in the beautiful Australian waterways. (And, it has fur and lays eggs)

4. Tasmanian Tiger: An extinct Tasmanian animal that was the apex predator in Tasmania. (apart from humans)

5. Drop Bear: The drop bear is a mythical animal that we scare tourists with.

Instrumentation: Clarinet Quartet: Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3 and Bass Clarinet.

Composer: Fiona Hickie