Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2011)
(for clarinet and piano)

The Clarinet Sonata was commissioned by Clarinetist Christoffer Sundqvist. His extrovert musicianship and fantastic instrumental virtuosity has been a great source of inspiration during the compositional process.

The Sonata consists of three movements.

The first movement presents the musical material and is founded on a continuous flow of forward moving energy in which different virtuotic “musical maschines” interact with each other. The second movement is the  complete opposite of the first movement; The musical expression is static and intense. The movement is built around the same harmonic material as used in the first but this time presented in a slow and “spread out” state.

In the third movement the speed in the music picks up pace and presents the clarinetist as a ritualistic ceremonial-master who leads the listener into various musical situations.

Sebastian Fagerlund