Clarinet and orchestra
SKU:
FG.55009-633-2
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Score. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55009-633-2).
ISBN
979-0-55009-633-2.
The concerto has five
movements played without
pause. The beginning
Tempestoso is dramatic
and powerful, but there
is also a beautiful, slow
middle section. The
second movement consists
of a virtuosic solo
cadenza, which is
dominated by mysterious
tremolos on the
clarinet.The cadenza
leads to Vivace, con
brio, which is the
central climax of the
concerto and the most
virtuosic movement both
for the orchestra and the
soloist. Then follows the
slow, melancholic and
lyrical fourth movement
Adagio, mesto. The
Epilogue is slow, too;
the atmosphere of the
last movement is unreal,
mysterious. The solo part
at the end consists
largely of broken,
multiphonic clarinet
sounds before the
concerto fades out into a
silence.