Music archive entry



Composer:
Al Summers
Title:
Park?
Instrumentation:
3 Bb clarinets, bass clarinet
Duration:
6 minutes
Difficulty:
Moderate
Programme note:

The title reflects the ambiguity (& underlying irony) of the piece. The different elements share a common harmonic/melodic note grouping and musical direction: solo sections are generally rhythmically free; ensemble sections sometimes quite loose, at other times rigid, giving an occasional energy boost to an otherwise relaxed structure.

The Park could refer to a walk through a public park or to a set of ideas trying to park themselves in neat spaces. The full picture is never quite visible; the 'car-park' of sounds ends in a kind of agreed muddle, harmony & melody falling away into a chromatic compromise.

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14th August 2003