Clarinet Concerto – Adrift on the Wine-dark Sea
[clar,orch] 2019 durée: 27′ solo: clar – 2(picc).2.cor ang.2.B-clar.2.dble bsn – 4.3.3.1 – timp.perc(2) – hp – str
Description
“How many bitter seas men cross for hunger!”
Homer, The Odyssey
“Doaa wished that she could shut out the sound of the shifting sea. It was like the music in horror movies, making the scenes of death before her even more terrifying, as if the drowning of the people were set to the rhythm of the waves.”
Melissa Fleming,A hope more powerful than the sea
The Clarinet Concerto – Adrift on the Wine-dark Sea was commissioned for clarinetist Kinan Azmeh. The world-premiere was given by Kinan Azmeh and the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen under Fawzi Haimor on September 16, 2019 at the Stadthalle in Reutlingen, Germany.
The American premiere was given by Kinan Azmeh and the Discover Symphony under Victor Muenzer on October 25, 2019 at Northeastern Illinois University.
This work was recorded by Kinan Azmeh and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Manuel Nawari and is available from the Dreyer-Gaido Label, catalogue number 21114.
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Description
“How many bitter seas men cross for hunger!”
Homer, The Odyssey
“Doaa wished that she could shut out the sound of the shifting sea. It was like the music in horror movies, making the scenes of death before her even more terrifying, as if the drowning of the people were set to the rhythm of the waves.”
Melissa Fleming,A hope more powerful than the sea
The Clarinet Concerto – Adrift on the Wine-dark Sea was commissioned for clarinetist Kinan Azmeh. The world-premiere was given by Kinan Azmeh and the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen under Fawzi Haimor on September 16, 2019 at the Stadthalle in Reutlingen, Germany.
The American premiere was given by Kinan Azmeh and the Discover Symphony under Victor Muenzer on October 25, 2019 at Northeastern Illinois University.
This work was recorded by Kinan Azmeh and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Manuel Nawari and is available from the Dreyer-Gaido Label, catalogue number 21114.
Première représentation
World premiere: Reutlingen, September 16, 2019