An eloquent bridge between Vertigo as film score versus concert music is Herrmann's 1967 Clarinet Quintet, full of melancholy suspensions and sighs from Vertigo's love music, which Herrmann develops into a cohesive chamber work.

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In a pair of concerts at the Stone, the members of the JACK Quartet, who specialize in new music, raised a few eyebrows by venturing back in time to Brahms, presenting his Clarinet Quintet in collaboration with the composer-clarinettist Derek Bermel.

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