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Second door on the left
Clarity Clarinet Quartet
What happens when you mix four dynamic performers with imaginative and unique compositional voices? Second Door on the Left: an album exploring the possibilities of the clarinet, from fragments of ancient melody to 21st century fusion. Music about cartoons and karma, a blues for the drought and Armenian melodies mixed with funk: Recorded with support from the Australia Council, the cd features works by Elena Kats-Chernin, Peter Sculthorpe, Karlin Love and Canberra composers Sandra France, Ian Blake, Ruth Lee Martin revealing a cross section of compositional creativity and the many sonic capabilities of the clarinet family of instruments featured in this recording.
Second Door on the Left is at the heart of what has earned Clarity its reputation for versatility and technical brilliance. Clarity's commitment to the performance of new Australian music has lead to the commissioning of three new works for clarinet quartet with the support of ArtsACT. Ian Blake's Starling, Sandra France's What Goes Around Comes Around, and Ruth Lee Martin's Brindabella Blues form the core of this exciting and unique program. Added to this are special arrangements created specifically for the quartet of four pieces by Elena Kats-Chernin including the title track, Second Door on the Left, a transcription of Peter Sculthorpe's String Quartet No. 10 and Karlin Love's imaginative Vasco Pyjama based on the Michael Leunig cartoon character of the same name. The result is a distinctive recording ranging from lush melodies and quasi-electronic landscapes to wild and quirky utterances. Clarity are delighted to be launching their latest offering at the National Library of Australia, home of the Music Australia website, dedicated to preserving and promoting music of Australian composers performed by Australian musicians. This project has been supported by the ACT Government through artsACT and the Australia Council for the Arts. Second Door on the Left is the culmination of a long term commitment to new Australian music, not only through commissioning work, but also through Clarity's aim to present new music and make it accessible to the broader Australian public through their New Ears Initiative. Their diverse performance activities - Clarity has performed at every occasion from an all-night rock concert in outback Australia, to London's St-Martin-in-the-Fields - ensure that the Australian works in their repertoire get a wide exposure Audio previews:
Track Listing:
Karlin Greenstreet Love
1. Vasco Pyjama Elena Kats-Chernin 2. Burnished Silver 3. Second Door on the left 4. Kwong Song 5. Pink Breasted Robin Ian Blake 6. Starling Sandra France 7. What goes around comes around: Six Vignettes for Clarinet Quartet Ruth Lee Martin 8. Brindabella Blues Peter Sculthorpe String Quartet No. 10 trans. Zach Clarke 9. Sun Song 1 10. Interlude 11. Sun Song III Catalogue Number: MCD340
Price: AU$26.00
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 Featured Artists:
Versatile clarinetist Nicole Canham received her initial training at the Australian National University Institute of the Arts. In 2000 and 2002, Nicole was the winner of the Australian Music Foundation's Young Australian Musician Award, enabling her to undertake further study at the Conservatoire Nationale de Region de Versailles.
Take a journey of sonority and style with Australia's unique chamber ensemble, Clarity. Celebrating 10 years of Clarity in 2006, this quartet has established itself as an entertaining, versatile and technically brilliant group. Leave any pre-conceived notion of the clarinet at the door - these musicians explore every genre and make it their own, from contemporary art music to jazz standards.
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