First performance: Marianne Gythfeldt, Ensemble 21; Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, April 18, 1996
Summer Song, composed for Marianne Gythfeldt, darts quickly among registers, and the jaunty opening theme makes three returns; in-between are march-like gestures, a lyrical interlude with subdued long lines, and an exuberant melody that presages the theme’s final return.
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“After my first hearing, I chose to replay this work several times, my fascination and pleasure growing with each playing.”
“Summer Song is lyrical and beautifully idiomatic...polished and expressive….”
“Summer Song, written for clarinetist, Marianne Gythfeldt, leaps and darts, yet manages to strongly articulate a lyrical theme thanks to a formidable soloist. The piece sounds like an imaginative cadenza for a clarinet concerto…”
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