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La Corsa Grande Dei Clarinetti

Composer
Horváth Balázs
Original / Hungarian title
La Corsa Grande Dei Clarinetti
Foreign language / English title
La Corsa Grande Dei Clarinetti
Subtitle
For Chamber Orchestra
Dedication
to Bence Szepesi
Year of composition
1999
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
cl. solo - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 4 cl. (III, IV extra cl. in the 3rd movement), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - perc. (5 esec. - timp., vibr., xil., 2 gong, gr.c., ptto., ptti., tam-tam, tom-tom, tmb.picc., maracas, wood bl., trg., claves, plastic ruler, guiro, paper sack, bottle, a sheet of paper) - 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III
Premiere information
28th May, 2002, Budapest; Bence Szepesi (cl.), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Vajda (cond.) (live broadcast)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 14 383 (on hire)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 2001
1 min. sample
1 I.
2 II.
3 III.
Remarks, other info
By the end, the three-movement clarinet concerto really turns into a "great contest of clarinets", because four additional clarinetists, including the two orchestra players, join the soloist in each corner of the hall. The canonic outlay of materials of varying density results in the feel of the sound spinning in space.