Times for Flying

Times for Flying
A programme of music for two clarinets

Victoria Soames Samek and Colin Lawson - Clarinets, Basset Horns and Bass Clarinet

Clarinet Classics is proud to announce an exciting new disc of clarinet duets through the ages, covering a wide range of styles and idioms. Victoria Soames Samek and Colin Lawson team up to produce a fascinating journey which takes us from C.P.E. Bach through to a millennium commission from Sadie Harrison. Stops along the way include pieces by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Poulenc, Koechlin.

• Cavallini's virtuosic Grand Duet No. 1

• Braun's Duo for two basset horns

• Poulenc's Sonata - a major work for this combination

• Gunther Schuller's atmospheric Duo Sonata for clarinet and bass clarinet

There is an enormous range of works written for clarinet duet, and this combination, perhaps more than with any other instrument, is an essential part of the clarinettist's training.

This new CD will be required listening for clarinet players, teachers and those music lovers interested to see what composers, through the ages, have written for this attractive combination.