LIKE A WHIRLING SAND CLOCK
for clarinet, cello and piano

DUTATION: 10:30 minutes

INSTRUMENTATION: clarinet, cello and piano

YEAR COMPOSED: 2006

Like a Whirling Sand Clock (2006) by Lior Navok is a 10-minute trio for clarinet, cello, and piano inspired by the idea of time leaking backward—a metaphor for cultural and ideological regression. Composed during a period of global tension, the work reflects on history repeating itself, evoking the image of a sand clock dropping grains upward instead of down. Commissioned in memory of Adele and John Gray for clarinetist Chen Halevi, the piece blends expressive intensity with intricate interplay, offering a striking addition to the contemporary repertoire for clarinet, cello, and piano.

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LIKE A WHIRLING SAND CLOCK clarinet cello piano (score & parts) [Hard Copy]

Name: LIKE A WHIRLING SAND CLOCK clarinet cello piano (score & parts) [Hard Copy]
Brand: Lior Navok Music

$40.00

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Item:	Full Score / Set of Parts
Format:	Hard Copy
Edition:	2nd Edition
Copyright:	Lior Navok
Publisher:	Lior Navok Music
Pages:	Score: 33 Parts: 24
Binding:	Plastic Spiral
Ink:	Black & White
Paper Size:	DIN A4 / Letter

Program Notes:

While composing Like a Whirling Sand Clock for clarinet, cello, and piano, I was preoccupied with the concept of time as a leaking process, mirroring a larger phenomenon best described as a regression in time. In September 2006, I sensed that the world stood at a pivotal moment: on one hand, various religious and political forces sought deeper roots in what they perceived as absolute truth, yet these ideas, particularly religious ones, were profoundly fundamentalist, reactionary, and narrow-minded.

For me, these clashes of ideas and ideals echoed the dark days of the Middle Ages and the Crusades, when people were killed in the name of blind belief. Today, with humanity's sophisticated mass destruction tools, one wonders where we are headed and what tomorrow will bring.

The sensation of time slipping away intensified as contemporary events increasingly resembled narratives from history books. I envisioned a perpetually whirling sand clock, dropping grains of sand one by one into the upper tube rather than the lower one—a visual metaphor for the process of regressing in time, which I aimed to depict through sound.

Like a Whirling Sand Clock was generously commissioned in memory of Adele and John Gray for clarinetist Chen Halevi.