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Hear Three Faces of Ebony, recorded 5/12/2007 at Almonte Old Town Hall in Almonte, ON
Three star clarinetists, James Campbell, Phil Nimmons and Airat Ichmouratov shares the bill for a soldout show from Almonte Old Town Hall. This concert takes the listeners on a clarinet journey from the music of Mozart and Brahms through Ellington and jazz improv to klezmer dance party music.
CBC Concerts on Demand
THE CLARINET IN RECITAL
THE INSTRUMENT OF ROMANCE:
The rich, warm sound and amazing flexibility of the clarinet made it the wind instrument of choice for romantic expression.
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces Op. 73
Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata
Johannes Brahms: Sonatas Op. 120 #1 or #2
Norbet Burgmuller (a protégé of Schumann who died in his early 20's): Duo
Verdi / Bassi: Fantasia on themes from Rigoletto
FRENCH COLOUR:
French composers have always enjoyed the fluidity of the clarinet. Its witty, colourful and virtuosic ability make the perfect vehicle for the varied palette of these sound painters.
Claude Débussy: Première Rhapsodie and Petite Pièce
Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata
Francis Poulenc: Sonata
Darius Milhaud: Duo Concertante
Gabriel Pierné: Canzonette
Henri Rabaud: Solo de Concours
THE FOLK MUSIC TRADITION:
It will open the ears to the wonderful range of expression of the most flexible of instruments. The music comes from folk music traditions of a variety of countries.
David Baker: Sonata (USA)
Leo Weiner: Peregei verbunk (Hungary)
Srul Irving Glick: Suite Hébraïque (Jewish)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Songs (England)
Paul Jeanjean: Variations on Carnival of Venice (Italy)
Witold Lutoslawski: Five Dance Preludes (Poland)
THE CLARINET WITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
WRITTEN FOR JAMES CAMPBELL
Patrick Cardy: Virelai (with strings only)
Harry Freedman: Chalumeau for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Allan Gilliland: Dreaming of the Masters, A Jazz Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Jacques Hétu: Clarinet Concerto (21')
Derek Holman: Serenade (with strings only)
An Lun Huang: Capriccio for clarinet and strings, Op. 41 *
Gregory Levin: Black and White Together - In Memoriam Martin Luther King
TRADITIONAL / CONTEMPORARY / LIGHT CLASSICS
John Adams: Gnarly Buttons (1996)
David Baker: Jazz Suite-Three Ethnic Dances (1992) (20')
Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (5 sax, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, double bass, percussion and clarinet)
William Bolcom: Concerto
Giovanni Bottesini: Double Concerto for Clarinet and Double Bass
Johannes Brahms (Berio): Sonata for Clarinet in F minor (22') *
Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (18') *
Claude Débussy: Première Rhapsodie (9') *
Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (26') *
Jouni Kaipainen: Carpe Diem (25')
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in A Major (29') *
Gioacchino Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations in C
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle Op. 6 for Clarinet and Flute *
Carl Stamitz: Concertos No. 3 in B flat and No. 4 for Clarinet and Violin or 2 Clarinets
Johann Stamitz: Concerto in B flat
Giuseppe Verdi (arr. Bassi): Fantasy on themes from Rigoletto
Carl Maria Weber: Concertino Op. 26 *, Concertos No. 1in F minor Op. 63 and No. 2 in E flat Major Op. 74
* recorded by James Campbell
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