Scoring
2(II=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.2(II=dbn)-4.3(III=picc.tr).3.1-timp.perc(2):I=vib/glsp/mark tree/tgl/sm.Chin.cym/
2susp.cym(sm,med/lg)/tam-t(med)/tpl.bl/bongos/BD/thai gong in E; II=marimba/crot/bell tree/
med Chin.cym/2susp.cym(med,lg)/tam-t(lg)/Thai gong in F-harp-pft(=cel)-strings
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
14/09/2002
Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
Kari Kriikku, clarinet / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Press Quotes
"Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto has enjoyed phenomenal success since its 2002 premiere, and rightly so. A marvellous vehicle for the amazing virtuosity of clarinettist Kari Kriikku...indubitably contemporary in language yet sensuously easy (tuneful, even) on the ear."
BBC Music Magazine
"A perfect concerto, perfectly performed ...if there's any justice it will soon be as oft-performed as Mozart's concerto."
The Times
