Concerto_for_Clarinet,_Viola,_and_Orchestra

Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra

Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra

1911 composition by Max Bruch

The Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88, is a composition by Max Bruch which was composed in 1911. It premiered on 5 March 1912 in Wilhelmshaven by the piece's dedicatees, violist Willy Hess and the composer's son and clarinet soloist, Max Felix Bruch.[1] The score however was published 23 years after the composer's death, finally being released in 1942.[2][3]

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Instrumentation

The concerto is scored for solo clarinet in A and viola, two flutes, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets in A, two bassoons, four horns in F, two trumpets in B-flat, timpani, and strings.

Bruch also arranged the solo clarinet part for violin.

Movements

The concerto is written in three movements:

  1. Andante con moto (E minor, B major, 4
    4
  2. Allegro moderato (G major, B minor, 3
    4    )
  3. Allegro molto (E major, G major, 2
    4    )

All three movements feature the Swedish folksong "Ack Värmeland Du Sköna." A typical performance lasts approximately 20 minutes.

Recordings

  • Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra; Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano; Schumann: Märchenerzählungen / Tommaso Placidi (conductor), Steven Kanoff, Paul Coletti, Hanover Radio Philharmonic / 2005 / Asv Living Era
  • The Clarinet in Concert / Alun Francis (conductor), Thea King, Nobuko Imai, London Symphony Orchestra / 1997 / Hyperion
  • Bruch: Works for Clarinet and Viola; Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor; Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano; Romance for Viola and orchestra in F major / Paul Meyer, Gérard Caussé, François-René Duchâble (piano), Kent Nagano (conductor) / 1988–1989 / Apex
  • In the Borderland of Romanticism / Mats Liljefors (conductor), Dimitri Ashkenazy, Anton Kholodenko, Baltic Symphony Orchestra / 1996 / Artemis

References

  1. [1]
    Fifield, Christopher (1990). Max Bruch – Biographie eines Komponisten. Zürich: Schweizer Verlagshaus. pp. 210, 291–295.
  2. [2]
    "Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra", Op. 88 Musikproduktion Jürgen Höflich
  3. [3]
    Double Concerto for Clarinet/Violin, Viola and Orchestra, College of Wooster
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