Music from Malmö, Volume 1: Three New Concertos for Bass Clarinet
Concertos for bass clarinet are rare enough; this album brings three new ones to swell those limited ranks. It presents the fruit of a series of interlocking international co-operations, between orchestras in Sweden, the UK and USA, with American, British and Swedish composers and, at the heart of the undertaking, the bass clarinettist of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Carl-Johan Stjernström. All three composers exploit the huge range of colours the bass clarinet can offer, in music that ranges from the fierce and dramatic to the sunny and easy-going. The album also inaugurates a Toccata Next series providing a platform for the musicians of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.
Carl Johan Stjernström, bass clarinet
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Musica Vitae
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Joachim Gustafsson, conductor
Joseph Phibbs
Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra (2025)* (25:52)
- I. Largo (Notturno) – Presto (10:02)
- II. Presto (Scherzo-Rondo) (3:56)
- III. Larghetto (8:34)
- IV. Allegro (3:20)
Jörgen Dafgård
Tandem: Concerto for Violin and Bass Clarinet (2022)* (28:28)
- I. Con Freschezza (8:38)
- II. Misterioso (10:50)
- III. Rustico (9:00)
Geoffrey Gordon
Prometheus: Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra (2018) (27:07)
- I. According to the first… (6:13)
- II. According to the second… (4:55)
- III. According to the third… (7:31)
- IV. According to the fourth… (8:30)
*First Recording
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