1. Roy's horn recital was truly impressive. Not only his playing, but he has excellent musical interpretation. He definitely seems headed in the right direction. I liked the harmonic content of the Hindemith Sonata he played. Somewhere in between tonal and atonal, a good place for modern classical pieces.
2. Duo faculty recital by clarinetists Laura Flax and Alan Kay. Particular highlights were Kay's impressive basset clarinet playing in the Mendelssohn. My favorite piece on the program was the Finzi Bagatelles. Cute and fun pieces that also had a deeper complexity about them. The finale that they played together with piano was quite a fun piece as well! Arpeggios are so effective on clarinet and having two clarinets seemingly doubles that effectiveness. Flexibility throughout the range of the instrument was clearly evident by both players.
I am such a fan of this blog. I'm so excited to be able to follow your musical experiences because those are so important to you that it's almost like following you :D
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