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Anthony Young  

A Flick of Lights

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 2009
for bass clarinet with hidden clarinet and soprano

  • Programme Note

    This piece was inspired by a most mundane and unremarkable occurrence that you may well ignore – like a flick of lights. Was it a signal, or was it accidental. If it wasn’t an accident, what would have happened if I responded. Maybe something wonderful, maybe not. Was it meant for me? Was it meant for anyone? Could things have gone sour? All these things plunge through the mind, but no one will ever know.

    But even after it is shrugged off, the bitter sweet sound of opportunities lost sing on.

    A Flick of Lights is in a single movement primarily for solo bass clarinet, but with two other hidden parts for effect. The hidden parts (clarinet and soprano) can be included in the programme (as in first performance) or excluded from the programme (as in second performance) if a surprise for the audience is desired. Hidden parts should be or should sound distant.

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Anthony Young  

Voi ch'ascoltate in rime sparse

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2009
for mezzo-soprano, clarinet in B flat, violin and cello

  • Programme Note

    Having studied Italian earlier in 2009, which lead to a trip to Italy to study that language later that year, I wanted to try setting some Italian poetry. I decided to study one of the greats, Petrarca, but it was a happy accident that the first of Il Canzoniere seemed to instantly fit my purpose.

    The piece is inspired by Monteverdi and the early Baroque, whose harmonic simplicity, mixture of tonal and modal languages, lack of harmonic and rhythmic habits and spontaneity was ideal for this piece.

    This piece is dedicated to a dear friend of mine.

    Anthony Young

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