Gipps: Prelude for Bass Clarinet Solo / Mark O’Brien
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2021
- Ruth Gipps: Prelude for Bass Clarinet Solo / Mark O’Brien, CBSO Principal Bass Clarinet
Ruth Gipps MBE (1921-99)
Ruth ‘Wid’ Gipps joined the CBO (City of Birmingham Orchestra, as it was known then) as second oboe in the summer of 1944 - an early appointment to the new full-time orchestra. Also an accomplished concert pianist, Gipps was already finding her voice as a composer and conductor and the orchestra’s principal conductor at the time, George Weldon, offered her numerous opportunities to showcase her many musical talents. On 25 March 1945 she played in the orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, appeared as soloist in Glazunov’s First Piano Concerto, and finally played cor anglais in the premiere of her own First Symphony. ‘How often does musical history show a case of so remarkable a symphony written by a girl of twenty-one - or for that matter, by a boy?’ asked the Birmingham Post. After she left the orchestra in the spring of that year, Weldon continued to champion Gipps’ music and she went on to direct the City of Birmingham Choir, found the London Repertoire Orchestra and compose a further four symphonies. In 1949, meanwhile, she launched and edited Play On - the CBSO’s first in-house magazine. Gipps was a truly remarkable lady with an incredible musical talent and continues to hold a special place within the CBSO family history.
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Beautifully played, my good man. This is a thoughtful piece and in my view, really works for the instrument. Bravo.
A beautiful performance of a lovely piece - it's so good that the music of Ruth Gipps is receiving some of the recognition it deserves.
Very proud sister.....Beautiful beautiful beautiful
Thank you for playing some Ruth Gipps! And for marking her centenary in this way.
Lovely piece by a great lady (I'm especially grateful to her as she was the first person ever to conduct an orchestral piece of mine!)
Very beautiful! Greetings from Peru.
This is a bass clarinet from Royal Global Polaris? The firebird??? Awesome 🤩
Nice Firebird. I have one just like it.
Ms Gipps had the great good sense to marry a clarinettist. I don’t actually know, but strongly suspect this was written by her as something of a tribute to him - it seems to me that this piece expresses what a lady of a certain age feels for her soulmate. So glad her work is starting to get attention.
Fantastic tone. Great piece.
Nice playing !!
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