This is an engaging and varied recital of clarinet and percussion music, most of it Swedish and dating from the 1990s. The most venerable piece on it is Edison Denisov's Sonata for B Flat Clarinet solo. Dating from 1972, this work, with its innovative use of micro-intervals has the status of the old classic on this program.There are two composers represented by a pair of works each. Anders Hillborg contributes two very short related works named Nursery Rhymes and Close Ups, both for clarinet and percussion. In each, the ...
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This is an engaging and varied recital of clarinet and percussion music, most of it Swedish and dating from the 1990s. The most venerable piece on it is Edison Denisov's Sonata for B Flat Clarinet solo. Dating from 1972, this work, with its innovative use of micro-intervals has the status of the old classic on this program.There are two composers represented by a pair of works each. Anders Hillborg contributes two very short related works named Nursery Rhymes and Close Ups, both for clarinet and percussion. In each, the clarinet's agility is tested in rapid twelve-tone figurations that ride over a filigree of light percussion sounds. The attacks are sometimes hard edged, but these compositions are done before they have a change to outwear their welcome.Pär Lindgren's two compositions are both inspired by patterns found in nature. Woodpecker's Chant is for percussion alone and expands on the typical rhythms of this bird. Beep-Ooh, for clarinet and percussion, is a sometimes frightening, intense...
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Anders Hillborg; Edison Denisov; Fredrik Hogberg; JoAnn Kuchera-Morin; Niklas Sivelöv; Pär Lindgren. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
