Quartet for Flute, Clarinet Bassoon and Harp

for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp

Duration: 27 minutes  
Instrumentation: Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet, Bassoon and Harp
 
     
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Program notes:
The Quartet for flute, clarinet bassoon and harp is, influenced by impressionistic French music and Jazz, which was my main influence at the time.
The first movement starts with a pastoral character, somewhat naive, but soon starts to raise some concerned thoughts, and so, ends dark. The second movement is a light flowing movement built on pentatonic scale theme. A Bassoon cadenza bridges between the second and the third movement, which is a long Passacaglia with lamento character. In the last movement, piccolo is used instead of flute. This movement opens with a fugue between the four instruments, which leads to a lyrical second theme followed by harp solo and ends with a “Grand Finale.”

     
Year composed: 1994
 
Written for: Gittit Boasson  
Premiere performance: 12 December 1997
TelAviv, Israel
Ruty Itzcovitch-Eyal, flute/piccolo
El’ad Avakrat, clarinet
Eyal Streett, bassoon
Gittit Boasson, harp
 
     
1st Movement
 

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2nd Movement

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3rd Movement

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4th Movement

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Reviews: Classical Net

 
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