Clarinet and Piano
SKU: HL.14028056
Composed by Poul Ruders.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Book and
Part(s). Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00190.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14028056).
ISBN
9788759861592.
English.
Throne
(1988) for Clarinet and
Piano was composed on a
commission from the
Swedish clarinetist Hakon
Rosenberg. Structurally
it is organized in an
arch form.
Although
it begins in the piano,
the work can be
considered as one long
clarinet solo, where the
piano's role is that of
extending and mirroring
the clarinet, both in
register and motif. As
such the piano is treated
as a monody throughout,
until the last warm B
Major chord embraces the
final notes of the
clarinet. On the title
page the composer tells
us that Throne is
Elevation, Unity,
Diamonds, Crown, Glory,
Velvet, Frailty, Decline,
Oblivion, Nothing.
In
short Throne is and
abstract tone-poem on the
transitoriness of
Life.
Poul Ruders
1988.
