Clarinet
SKU:
FG.55011-649-8
Composed by Antti
Auvinen. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-649-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-649-8).
ISBN
9790550116498.
Antt
i Auvinen's (b. 1974)
Eliangelis (2005) for
clarinet solo challenges
the conventional way of
writing for a monophonic
solo instrument: at times
the multi-layered
multiphonic figures
create an illusion of
polyfony, and at times
the timbres for the
clarinet are augmented by
a combination of broken
sound and pitchless
hissing. Sounds created
by unusual ways of
playing do not sound
artificial. Auvinen uses
them in a service of the
musical substance
understanding the
features of the clarinet.
Despite its modern
approaches, the music of
Auvinen slips with ease
into the centuries-old
classical-music
continuum, and the
emotional charges
generated by music occupy
an important role. Art,
he says, affects people
deepest down, in the
realm of emotion.
