25 Clarinet repertoire hidden gems to perform in 2025

Happy New Year! I hope 2025 brings you health, happiness, and lots of great music!

Speaking of great music, the clarinet community is #blessed to have such a wide variety of repertoire. It’s no secret that I enjoy “collecting” lesser-known repertoire, so I wanted to share 25 of my favorite hidden gems in the clarinet repertoire.

Here are 25 hidden gem clarinet pieces you should learn/perform in 2025:

(pieces listed alphabetically by composer’s last name)

1. Violet Archer – Sonata for clarinet and piano
2. Victor Babin – Divertissement Aspenois
3. Ferruccio Busoni – Sonata
4. Qigang Chen – Chant de l’aube for clarinet and piano
5. Unsuk Chin – Concerto
6. William Daley – Daley’s Arc
7. Fernande Decruck – Élégie, Op. 42 for clarinet and piano
8. Sarah Feigin – Fantasy
9. Niels Gade – 4 Fantasiestücke, Op. 43
10. Armando Ghidoni – Jazzy Celtic Suite
11. Theodore Gouvy – Sonata, Op. 40
12. Amanda Harberg – Sonata
13. Jacques Hétu – Concerto
14. Miriam Hyde – Sonata
15. Ernst Krenek – Suite for clarinet and piano, Op. 148
16. Meyer Kupferman – Moonflowers, Baby!
17. Paul Veronge de La Nux – Morceau de Concours
18. Zenobia Powell Perry – Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano
19. Joseph Rheinberger – Sonata, Op. 105a
20. Julius Rietz – Concerto, Op. 29
21. Marie Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen – Romanze
22. Paul Schoenfeld – Sonatina for Klezmer clarinet and piano
23. Louis Spohr – Fantasy and Variations on a Theme of Danzi, Op. 81
24. Margaret Sutherland – Sonata
25. Germaine Tailleferre – Sonata for Clarinet Solo

These are some of my favorite hidden gems of the clarinet repertoire, and I’ve performed several of these. Leave a comment below with your favorites or recommendations!