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Artist: Christopher Ball Title: Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto
Tracks: Concerto for Clarinet & Strings Four Dances for Wind Trio Concerto for flute & Orchestra Irish Suite

Details: Leslie Craven clarinet Adam Walker flute Emerald Concert Orchestra cond. Christopher Ball. Leslie Craven is Principal Clarinet of the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera And is a leading exponent of the British school of clarinet playing. The clarinet concerto was specially written for him by Christopher Ball who was himself an orchestral clarinettist And played regularly with the Halle orchestra for a number of years. The Four Dances for wind trio were written as a companion piece to Malcolm Arnold's Divertimento for the same trio combination of flute oboe & clarinet. The flute concerto is performed by its dedicatee Adam Walker who first came to prominence in 2004 as a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition performing Nielsen's flute concerto. In his Irish Suite Christopher Ball has arranged four well-known traditional tunes for orchestra whose forces even include the authentic sound of a tin whistle in one of the suite's movements
Label: Quantum
This item was added to our catalog on Monday 12 May, 2008
Ball, Christopher - Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto - CD
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