Peter Maxwell Davies: Sonata For Clarinet And Piano | 9780711919693 | CH55902 - Sheet Music

product id: 1949
Composer/Artist: Davies, Peter Maxwell
Arrangement: clarinet, piano
Product type: Instrumental work
Media: Sheet Music
Pages: 48
Genre: Post-1900
Language: English
Expected shipping time: 14 days
Price: 17.95 euro

This work, which was written shortly after the Trumpet Sonata and the Five Pieces For Piano, was first performed by Georgina Dobree and the composer at the 1957 Darmstadt Festival. The score was subsequently lost, but was rediscovered by Kevin Corner in 1983.

'This is a dramatic, emphatic and at times extravagant piece. The first movement is a Moderato reaching through wide-flung clarinet lines and keen piano gestures to a great climax near the end. Then comes a quick movement, a kind of demonic scherzo, including a cadenza for the clarinettist. The finale is an Adagio that gradually achieves a sort of simplicity, though not before exceedingly testing times for both players.

Duration c. 25mins.

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