Klarinet Archive - Posting 000284.txt from 1995/09

From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.UK>
Subj: Re: Kaipainen Concerto
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 10:15:18 -0400

Bradley A. Wong writes:

> "Carpe diem!" by Kaipainen was recorded by Kari Kriiku on Ondine CD
> 778-2. It is a virtuoso piece, written in a contemporary idiom
> (multiphonics, microtones, etc.). One critic described Kriiku's
> performance as "superhuman".

This doesn't surprise me. Kriiku astounds me every time I hear him.
(He gave a performance of a new concerto at this year's Prom concerts
in London, but I couldn't get to it; fortunately I got back home in
time to hear the radio relay ... marvellous.)

> An interesting quote from the liner
> notes: "in order to hancle both the speed and agility of the solo
> part and the stagnant calm of the micro-interval chorale, the
> soloist needs not only a sound helping of Till Eulenspiegel but also
> a pinch of the cantor of St. Thomas's."

I plainly need to buy this disc ;-)

Robin