Quartet for Flute, Clarinet Bassoon and Harp
for flute, clarinet, bassoon and harp
| Duration: | 27 minutes | |
| Instrumentation: | Flute/Piccolo, Clarinet, Bassoon and Harp |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1st Movement |
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| Reviews: | Classical Net |
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