Mark Simpson (clarinet) solo performance
THURSDAY 22 May 7pm
Hear Mark Simpson perform some of the most challenging and experimental music written for the clarinet including Simpson’s own composition.
Mark Simpson (b. 1988) is a UK-based composer of an acclaimed body of work and an internationally-renowned clarinettist, whose programmes champion music new and old. His music for the stage, orchestra, voices, and chamber forces has been celebrated by leading conductors, instrumentalists, and ensembles ; across a myriad of forms, poetic intensity is matched by technical assurance and expressive generosity.
PROGRAMME:
Mark Simpson – Darkness Moves
Luciano Berio – Sequenza IX
Kaija Saariaho – Duft
John Cage – Clarinet Sonata
Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint
THURSDAY 22 May 7pm
Hear Mark Simpson perform some of the most challenging and experimental music written for the clarinet including Simpson’s own composition.
Mark Simpson (b. 1988) is a UK-based composer of an acclaimed body of work and an internationally-renowned clarinettist, whose programmes champion music new and old. His music for the stage, orchestra, voices, and chamber forces has been celebrated by leading conductors, instrumentalists, and ensembles ; across a myriad of forms, poetic intensity is matched by technical assurance and expressive generosity.
PROGRAMME:
Mark Simpson – Darkness Moves
Luciano Berio – Sequenza IX
Kaija Saariaho – Duft
John Cage – Clarinet Sonata
Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint
THURSDAY 22 May 7pm
Hear Mark Simpson perform some of the most challenging and experimental music written for the clarinet including Simpson’s own composition.
Mark Simpson (b. 1988) is a UK-based composer of an acclaimed body of work and an internationally-renowned clarinettist, whose programmes champion music new and old. His music for the stage, orchestra, voices, and chamber forces has been celebrated by leading conductors, instrumentalists, and ensembles ; across a myriad of forms, poetic intensity is matched by technical assurance and expressive generosity.
PROGRAMME:
Mark Simpson – Darkness Moves
Luciano Berio – Sequenza IX
Kaija Saariaho – Duft
John Cage – Clarinet Sonata
Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint
