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- Jean Françaix
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1967)
- Editions Transatlantiques (World)
- 2.2.1.2/2.2.1.1/perc.timp/str(4.3.2.2.1)
- Clarinet
- 27 min
- 6th October 2023, hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 9th December 2023, Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America
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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