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So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star?

Berginald Rash explores the developments of the American school of clarinet playing from the late 20th century to today, and plays his favourite performers and tracks.

Berginald Rash explores the wide-ranging developments of the American school of clarinet playing from the late 20th century to today, and plays us his favourite performers and tracks. This time, the clarinet steps out from its early role as band-member, dons its tight trousers and strides straight out into centre stage - the clarinet as rock star! There are stomping pyrotechnic concertos by Artie Shaw, John Corigliano and Scott McAllister, and Deborah Bish's provocatively bluesy chamber music, and we also go to the movies with John Williams, with some modern developments in South America on the way. But every school has its teachers, so Berginald digs out two classic recordings by the clarinettists that have influenced him most: the great performers and pedagogues, Harold Wright and Robert Marcellus.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Aug 2023 23:00

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
  • Artie Shaw

    Concerto for Clarinet

    Performer: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra.
  • Max Bruch

    8 Pieces Op.83: No 2 Allegro con moto

    Performer: Harold Wright. Performer: Boris Kroyt. Performer: Murray Perahia.
  • Gregory Wanamaker

    Clarikinetics: Arrival (Blues)

    Performer: Deborah Bish.
  • Caetano Veloso

    Aquele Frevo Axe

    Composer: C茅zar Mendes. Performer: Ivan Sacerdote. Singer: Caetano Veloso.
  • John Corigliano

    Clarinet Concerto: Cadenzas [excerpt]

    Performer: Stanley Drucker. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
  • Lowell Liebermann

    Quintet for piano, clarinet and string trio Op. 26: 3rd mvt (Allegro)

    Performer: David Korevaar. Performer: Jon Manasse. Performer: Elizabeth Kipper. Performer: Margaret Soper Gutierrez. Performer: Matthew Dane. Performer: Thomas Heinrich.
  • John Williams

    Viktor's Tale (The Terminal)

    Performer: Emily Bernstein. Orchestra: Hollywood Studio Symphony. Conductor: John Williams.
  • Scott McAllister

    Black Dog

    Performer: Robert Spring. Ensemble: Arizona State Wind Symphony. Conductor: Gary Hill.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in A major K.622: Rondo

    Performer: Robert Marcellus. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 23 Oct 2022 23:00
  • Sun 20 Aug 2023 23:00