DATE:
22 July, 2023 (6pm)

PERFORMERS:
Duo Imaginaire (John Corbett, clarinet; Simone Seiler, harp).

PROGRAMME:
“Voyage, voyage” – music for clarinet and harp.

VENUE:
Konzerte im Hof – Klassik openair Im Innenhof der reformierten Kirche Pratteln, Schauenburgerstrasse 3, 4133 Pratteln, Switzerland.

Hurly Burly (for Bb clarinet and concert harp) was arranged for my friends, John Corbett and Simone Seiler. Based in Hagen, Germany, they perform together as Duo Imaginaire.

The original version of Hurly Burly was commissioned in 2015 by Australian saxophonist, Simon Watts. It received its world premiere performance on Thursday 19th November, 2015 performed by Simon Watts (soprano saxophone) and David Howie (piano) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Its US premiere was given at the 2016 Hot Air Music Festival, held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California, USA, performed by Timothy Roberts (soprano saxophone) and Matthew Orlovich (piano).

In accord with the original version, my arrangement of Hurly Burly comprises three movements. The first and third movements are the more illustrative of the work’s title with urgent rhythms and highly chromatic melodic lines creating a highly energised mood. The middle movement, marked ‘Reverberant’, steals us away to a place of relative tranquility. Here, the clarinet and harp intermingle in an atmosphere of echoes and windchime-like figurations.

I extend my thanks to Duo Imaginaire for inviting me to arrange the work and for giving its world premiere performance.

Matthew Orlovich,
Composer.

Hurly Burly (for soprano saxophone and piano)
By Matthew Orlovich
Published by Waratah Music
ISMN 979-0-7202-1506-8 (Catalogue: WM004)

Commissioned in 2017 by saxophonist Simon Watts, Hurly Burly received its world premiere at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW, Australia. Subsequent performances have included the US premiere at Hot Air New Music Festival (San Francisco) and NASA Biennial (Lubbock). In 2021, Hurly Burly was recorded by HD Duo (Michael Duke & David Howie) for the Signum Records label (SIGCD685).. Read more…