My friend, Allen Brings, recently turned 90 years old. In celebration, the CCM is featuring his work this month. The Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, from 1955 (and revised in final form in 1967), which was originally written for viola and piano, is a beautiful work demonstrating the wonderfully quirky, vivacious writing typical of Allen's output. His playful sense of rhythm and the sheer joie de vivre which permeates so much of his work is delightfully present in the last movement of the Sonata, presented here.