BFF's: I. Burleska by Daniel Dorff, Performed by Christine MacDonnell

Описание: BFF's: I. Burleska is the first movement of BFF's, a three movement piece by Daniel Dorff, commissioned by University of Alabama-Birmingham. At first hearing, BFF’s is a warm and bubbly set of dance-like duets, scored for the underserved combination of Eb Clarinet and Bb Clarinet. But there’s more: a puzzle lurks throughout the 3-movement suite, taking advantage of B-F-F patterns in varying guises. "The notes seen and fingered B-F-F on an Eb Clarinet sound a perfect 4th higher than the same B-F-F on a Bb Clarinet, so this scheme could lead to fugue-like imitation, or parallel motion in 4ths or 5ths, while remaining B-F-F for each instrument. But there's more! Each of these three notes could be sharp, natural, or flat; they could jump an octave up or down; and every movement could use a different motivic design for developing the 3-note cell. Suddenly there was an expanding universe of possibilities unfolding, with each player reading B-F-F on their respective instrument. The concept was tightly organic yet flexible (like Brahms and Beethoven) rather than monotonous (like a "perfect" homework assignment). With that in mind, my mission was to write a suite sounding spontaneously composed, without conspicuous adherence to a rule."
Burleska is performed by Christine MacDonnell in a duet of Eb Clarinet and Bb Clarinet, video editing by Fang-Chin Chiang.
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