Bernhard Henrik Crusell - Clarinet Concerto No.3 in B flat-major, Op.11 (c. 1828)

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  • Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
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    Bernhard Henrik Crusell (15 October 1775 - 28 July 1838) was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, - the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius".
    Work: Clarinet Concerto No.2 in F-minor, Op.5 (c. 1817) Dedicated to Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway
    Mov.I: Allegro risoluto 00:00
    Mov.II: Andante moderato 10:20
    Mov.III: Alla Polacca 16:43
    Clarinet: Per Billman
    Orchestra: Uppsala Kammarorkester
    Conductor: Gérard Korsten
    The third of Crusell's clarinet concertos, the Concerto in B flat major, Opus 11, was published in 1828 and dedicated to Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway. It is an earlier composition than the Concerto in F minor and seemingly dates from 1807.
    The soloist enters at once with the orchestra, adding its own element to the first dozen bars or so, before the orchestra is left to pursue its own course. An ascending arpeggio introduces the solo entry proper, after which the thematic material is fully explored, with all the resources of the solo instrument.
    The E flat major slow movement, as so often, uses a theme that starts with the notes of the tonic chord. There is room for a cadenza and for a show of technical virtuosity that always remains subservient to the music itself.
    The concerto ends with an Alla polacca movement, its varied rhythmic figuration again characteristic of clarinet writing of the period, of the work of Spohr and of Weber, although it is Crusell himself, who, as a remarkable performer, knows above all how to integrate technical with musical possibilities.

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