Clarinet, piano SKU: FG.55011-334-3 Frolic per clarinetto e piano....(+)
Clarinet, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-334-3
Frolic per clarinetto
e piano. Composed by
Kirmo Lintinen. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-334-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-334-3).
ISBN
9790550113343.
Comp
oser, pianist and
conductor Kirmo Lintinen
is equally at home in
jazz as in the world of
classical music. Since
the turn of the
millennium, his main job
has specifically been
composing concert music.
Stylistically, he has
found his biggest
inspiration in the
Baroque and in early
20th-century
Neoclassicism. He
composed Rieha (Frolic)
as a commission from the
Crusell Music Festival in
Uusikaupunki, Finland, as
the obligatory piece for
its international
clarinet competition, and
it was premiered by the
semi-finalists in July
2009. The first part
of Rieha is dominated by
spurting arpeggios,
trills and changing
tempos. Following this
impulsive opening is a
brief respite, after
which the piano and
clarinet begin competing,
tossing each other quick,
accented semiquaver
figures. The rhythm soon
becomes syncopated and
the piece enters the
longest section, a sort
of hypertuned, lurching
ragtime. The closing
section recalls all the
work's motifs before
burning itself out and
vanishing like smoke.
Rieha is a consummate
virtuoso piece demanding
nimble fingers, sharp
articulation and a
command of tone in all
the clarinet's registers.
The piano is more than
just an accompanying
instrument; it is an
equal partner. The
biggest challenge for the
players is synchronising
their parts: the changing
tempos and metres, and
the alternation of quick
figures keep the
performers on their toes
and the audience
alert.
Clarinet SKU: FG.55011-362-6 Finnish Favorites for the Clarinet. C...(+)
Clarinet
SKU:
FG.55011-362-6
Finnish Favorites for
the Clarinet.
Composed by Mikko
Raasakka. Collection.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-362-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-362-6).
ISBN
9790550113626.
Finn
ish Clarinet Collection
1900-60 is fresh new
collection of works for
for clarinet and piano
written in Finland around
the middle of the 20th
century. These works have
until now been gathering
dust in archives, now
getting a dose of fresh
air in these new
editions. The collection
is augmented with new
arrangements of
miniatures written by
Finnish composers in the
early 20th century that
are particularly well
suited for clarinet.