Concerto for Orchestra / Clarinet Concerto / Horn Concerto / Monologue / Excursions
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THEA MUSGRAVE
Concerto for Orchestra / Clarinet Concerto / Horn Concerto / Monologue / Excursions
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Thea Musgrave, Malcolm Williamson (pianos) / London Symphony / Scottish National / Alexander Gibson,
[ Lyrita / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 August 2007
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Like many composers of her generation in Britain - the generation that first began to attract notice in the middle 1950s - Thea Musgrave came of age musically in that 'rite of passage' which involved acknowledging the primary importance of Bartók and the Second Viennese School, and thus the rejection of tonality as traditionally conceived, along with its traditional expressive and form-building functions.
This was a step with momentous consequences for any composer: such new freedoms immediately create concomitant new responsibilities, and often acute problems. Perhaps the central issue - and the one which seems to have dominated and focussed Musgrave's whole artistic progress to a greater degree than most of her contemporaries - was the need to discover new means of dramatizing the structure and musical argument of each work, means that could replace the drama and dynamism inherent in the workings of traditional tonality.
Tracks:
Concerto for Orchestra (1967)
Clarinet Concerto (1969)
Horn Concerto (1971)
Monologue, for solo piano (1960)
Excursions, eight duets for piano, four hands (1965)
