Poznań by Joseph Davies for clarinet, viola and accordion.
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Poznań was commissioned by the Brighton Soundwaves Festival and first performed at Brighton Town Hall by CHROMA Ensemble on 16 July 2011.
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Stuart King (Clarinet/Bass Clarinet)
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David Aspin (Viola)
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Ian Watson (Accordion)
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Programme Notes
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The instrumentation of this piece suggested to me the world of Roma music widespread in Eastern Europe, and the music alludes to a field recording I heard of a gypsy band playing in Poznań, Poland. Each of the live instruments is treated soloistically in succession, starting with the clarinet which has a long, mournful solo with klezmer inflections, then the viola, and finally the accordion before a return to the original figuration. An ominous low C rhythmic pedal regularly intrudes.
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- Joseph Davies
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Performance Notes
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Clarinets are written at sounding pitch in the score.
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Duration: 7 minutes