Blues Lament (1981)

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Instrumentation: Cl solo. Orchestra (2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 4 Hn, 2 C Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, Perc, Strings) or Pno solo.*
Composition Date: 1981
Genre: Concerto
Duration: Approx 1"30'
Publisher: Notevole Music Publishing
Movement(s): Blues with gentle movement sotto voce (𝅘𝅥=48)
First Performance: 11 Jan 1983: Calvin Simmons Theater, Oakland, CA Richard Stoltzman, Cl; Oakland Symphony Orchestra.

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Blues Lament is a short encore for clarinet and orchestra, commissioned by Richard Stoltzman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and premiered in 1983. A piano/clarinet version is also available. Heard here with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kirk Trevor.