Par BENSHOOF KEN. BitterSweet for E-flat Clarinet and Piano by Ken Benshoof. Tak...(+)
Par BENSHOOF KEN. BitterSweet for E-flat Clarinet and Piano by Ken Benshoof. Take a pair of themes, which are to each other as Bitter is to Sweet: The first ? a whimsical, quizzical, searching Clarinet, with commentary from the Piano. The second ? soft modal tonalities in the Piano, with lyrical thoughts in the Clarinet. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Clarinette en Eb et Piano
Par BUKIN DANIEL. Concerto for Clarinet 'Corona', reduction for Clarinet and Pia...(+)
Par BUKIN DANIEL. Concerto for Clarinet 'Corona', reduction for Clarinet and Piano, by Daniel Bukin. Recognized as the Honorable Mention composition by the New Music Committee of the International Clarinet Association as part of the 2022 Composition Competition .From the composer: '2020 was a year of colossal uncertainty and instability in nearly every facet of our day-to-day lives. But that uncertainty hit performing artists the hardest because it effectively shut down our professional lives entirely. As the year went on, I quickly found that I had to cope in a creative way with all the strange and powerful emotions that each new uncertainty brought. And this piece, Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, was the result of such mental self-care.' In five movements: Everything Changes, Isolation, Outrage at 45, In Memoriam, and The Endless Anxiety. / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Clarinette et Piano
Par XIAO XINZHOU. Duet for Clarinet and Piano 'Subconscioius light' by XIAO Xinz...(+)
Par XIAO XINZHOU. Duet for Clarinet and Piano 'Subconscioius light' by XIAO Xinzhou. From the composer: 'The word 'subconscious' came from the book 'The Aesthetic Unconsciousness' by Jacques Rancière. The 'light' of this piece comes from an accidental feeling that I try to grasp but is elusive... It seems that neither 'subconscious' nor 'light' can directly feel its concrete existence in music, and the connection between them seems indistinctive or ambiguous. To express the feeling of the relationship between these two concepts in my mind, I used my work to compose a world, deconstructed, extracted and reconstructed the integer multiple harmonics of note D in the writing process, therefore, condensing them into the pitch material of this piece and cast them on the dynamic textures. These textures take a large portion of the whole music, constantly evolving under control, which can be viewed as the intention of grasping something. Simultaneously, I arranged some appearance of harmonic series prototypes to symbolise the light I long to see.' / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Clarinette et Piano
for Clarinet and Piano. Par BAXTER GARTH. From the composer: 'During the Covid-1...(+)
for Clarinet and Piano. Par BAXTER GARTH. From the composer: 'During the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020, so many musicians lost opportunities to perform. During that time, I wrote several pieces for friends, including this one for my good friend Jennifer Hughson. Wrapped in the Wind and the Sun is a pastoral work with a kind of wistfulness and autumnal air. I felt the clarinet was the perfect instrument to deliver that sentiment.' / Date parution : 2022-11-29/ Répertoire / Clarinette et Piano
Par THOMAS DAVID EVAN. The Cavatina and Cabaletta format originated in the bel c...(+)
Par THOMAS DAVID EVAN. The Cavatina and Cabaletta format originated in the bel canto era as a showpiece for virtuosi. A short and lyrical arietta was followed by a quick section with fioratura, designed to show off the performer./ Répertoire / Clarinette et Piano