John Ireland - Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1943)

Fantasy-Sonata, for clarinet and piano (1943)

A single-movement chamber work for clarinet and piano by English composer John Ireland (1879-1962). Ireland composed this piece in 1943 while staying with Rev. Paul Walde in Little Sampford rectory, Essex, after fleeing Guernsey in 1940 before the German invasion. The sonata is dedicated to the prominent British clarinettist Frederick "Jack" Thurston (1901-1953), for whom numerous composers such as Bax, Bliss, Maconchy, Howells and Malcolm Arnold composed music. Ireland considered the clarinet the greatest woodwind instrument, and his love of the instrument is evident in this work.

If you have access to the JSTOR database, you can find an analysis of the Fantasy-Sonata by Scott Goddard here:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/942741

Clarinet: Emma Johnson
Piano: Malcolm Martineau

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[1andonlyDEl]

very nice, is that painting J.W. Waterhouse?

[musicanth]

@1andonlyDEl It's by the Russian symbolist painter Mikhail Vrubel.

[simba215]

I'm working on this piece right now and it's quickly becoming my favorite work of all time. It's gorgeous and I had never heard of it until I randomly checked this recording out and then ordered the music. Thank you so much for uploading it!

[xmestessox]

è bellissima.

[miniq2004]

this is lovely thank you for uploading. don't suppose you could tell me what this painting is called?