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Re: Martin Frost: Aho Concerto

Author: tdinap
Date: 2008-04-20 00:33

I had the privilege of seeing Frost play a lunchtime concert at Wigmore Hall this past Monday. He really did live up to the hype, in my opinion. He played a few Schumann transcriptions, his own "On the Wing" for solo clarinet and CD, and the second Brahms Sonata. The techniques he used in "On the Wing" were simply mind-blowing (call them gimmicky if you want, they're still pretty amazing). He was having some technical issues during the Brahms (water in the keys, and what seemed to be an extremely difficult reed--we were even treated to a squeak!) but still managed to play it very impressively. He played some klezmer for the encore--tons of fun, and chock full of more extended techniques, used quite well in context.

If he ever is in your area, definitely do your best to get there--I'd go again in a heartbeat.

Tom

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