Day 334
Helen Grime: Clarinet concerto
Lyndsey Marsh
Hallé soloists
Jamie Phillips
I was lucky enough to play Helen Grime’s Two Eardley Pictures a few years ago and was impressed by the sound world that she created. That was also my impression of this relatively brief clarinet concerto from 2009. The orchestra is only small but she uses it to achieve real clarity and some highly inventive textures. Indeed in many ways it the orchestra which draw the ear’s attention rather than the solo clarinet, which is occupied most of time in quite busy passage work which complements rather than dominates the texture. I imagine the effect is quite different in a live performance when you can see the soloist up front. So this another really good find.
This is the end of November and brings to an end this little group of works by female composers.Tomorrow is the start of the last month of this project and I will try as fill as many gaps as I can before the end of the year. There are still a few fairly important people who I have not round to yet.
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