Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.14440515S Com...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Clarinet, Flute, Piano,
Violin
SKU:
PR.14440515S
Composed
by Robert Martin. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 48 pages.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40515S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.14440515S).
UPC:
680160667819. 9 x 12
inches.
In 1979,
Martin produced a set of
three quintets, in
consideration of Gorky's
piece Nighttime Enigma
Nostalgia. Each is scored
for flute, clarinet,
violin, cello, and piano.
One role of music is to
evoke. Therefore,
Nighttime is a nocturne,
a night piece suggestive
of flickering shadows,
perhaps created by
firelight. It is a
recurrent setting in
human existence. The
music opens with the
scene of twilight calm,
gently disturbed with the
slight uncertainty about
what is around us, what
we cannot see. Later, the
clarinet takes on a solo
role, and the notes bleed
like careless paint into
the other instruments
that quietly sustain
them. Next, the flute
takes over the role of
solo. The piece ends with
a repeated cadence of
morning light. (From the
performance notes.).
