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New Work for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble

Author: antaresclar
Date: 2016-02-27 18:58

Greetings!

Last Saturday evening I performed the world premiere of a new work for clarinet and wind ensemble by Andrew Rindfleisch. I hope that many of you might take it up in your repertoire and perform it. It is a piece that is easy to put together, thus it does not take a ton of rehearsal time. I think it is a beautiful addition to this rather limited repertoire. You may listen/view the piece here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0eL4OCgVY

The program notes to the piece are as follows, also note the piece begins at the edge of inaudibility so you may need to crank your volume up to hear at the start!

Composed for Shenandoah Conservatory faculty clarinetist Garrick Zoeter and the Shenandoah Wind Ensemble, Three Lyric Songs for clarinet and wind ensemble, is essentially a set of three expressive, yet contrasting ballads. Resisting the common approach of a technical tour de force concerto, Three Lyric Songs presents the soloist as an expressive, sometimes lonely lyricist, often winding in and out of the overall instrumental colors and timbres. "Openings" begins with the soloist alone, slowly moving into the piece, the ensemble eventually, little by little, joining in, as the music eventually opens up the instrumental color that will be explored as the piece unfolds. "In-between Song" is a reference, not only to its in-between placement as the middle movement, but to the soloist's use of quarter tones ("in-between" the notes) as the expressive and timbral focus of the movement, here against a backdrop of a more transparent instrumental texture that features the vibraphone and alto flute. Finally "Vesper Voices" is based on an earlier chamber orchestra piece of mine of the same title. Here, a reverent night music of quiet color, contrapuntal lines, and distant bell-like textures dominate, before the piece, led by the soloist, slowly fades away and disappears.
---Andrew Rindfleiscsh

Thanks,

Garrick Zoeter

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Re: New Work for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2016-02-27 21:06

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll want to listen to this several times but truly this composition is an interesting work. The quarter tones were quite an departure from what I am accustomed to hearing as well as playing. There were many extremely delicate passages which I liked very much.

Congratulations,

HRL

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