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- Jean Françaix
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1967)
- Editions Musicales Transatlantiques (World)
- 2.2.1.2/2.2.1.1/perc.timp/str(4.3.2.2.1)
- Clarinet
- 27 min
Programme Note
The vast dimensions of Jean Françaix's Concerto for Clarinet allow the composer to showcase inexhaustibly diverse writing that the clarinet responds to instantly, with its own qualities: sentimentality, suppleness, exuberant virtuosity... The orchestra, whose members frequently assume a solo role, is just as challenged. The ensemble resembles a kaleidoscope of sound in permanent metamorphosis. This dazzling, cinematic work perfectly evokes what can be dubbed "the spirit of Paris".
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