Tom Smail
Quo vadis?
Duration: 7'
Instrumentation details:
oboe
clarinet in Bb
bass clarinet in Bb
Quo vadis?
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Tom Smail
Quo vadis?
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Orchestration: For oboe, clarinet and bass clarinet
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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The bass clarinet is underused, in my opinion, and provides the perfect foil here for the oboe and the clarinet. The piece is a weaving of questions and responses, of statements and counter-statements. It is testy and edgy, exasperated and angry. But it is also reflective, with occasional moments of tender yearning.
Commissioned by the Kapoor Chamber Concert Series and premièred there in 2012.
Musicians on the recording: Oboe - Richard Simpson / Clarinet - Richard Hosford / Bass Clarinet - Jessica Townsend