B flat (or A) Clarinet (unaccompanied). In "Monologue for Bb (or A) Clarinet", the dramaturgy of the music passes through various emotional facets, similar to what happens during those theatrical performances where one single actor, or character, expresses himself on the stage. At different instants in the course of this piece of music, meditation and other more extrovert states of mind become apparent in the form of a "descarga", or improvisation, conjoining - in a contradictory manner - varying degrees of abstraction and spontaneity.
