Leviathan For Two Clarinets by John Orfe - Beth Stimpert and Garrick Zoeter, clarinets

Beth Stimpert (Prof. of Clarinet at Dickinson College, Clarinetist/Bass Clarinetist Alarm Will Sound) and Garrick Zoeter (Prof. of Clarinet The Shenandoah Conservatory, Clarinetist Antares)
and composer/pianist John Orfe play Orf'e Leviathan for 2 Clarinets - December 4, 2011

The composer states:

"Leviathan, a concert allegro for two clarinets and piano, takes its title from the sea monster described in the Book of Job, Chapter 41. The immense and fearsome power of the beast are depicted through serpentine figures in the clarinets, percussive thrashings in the piano, and musical figures that are melodically and rhythmically mighty, mercurial, and wild. Leviathan, of course, is also the famous political tract by Thomas Hobbes written in 1651 during the English Civil War. Hobbes advocated a strong central government as a necessary prevention against social chaos - what he called "the war of all against all." There is no political link between my piece and Hobbes' tract; there is a looser connection insofar as aspects of my current harmonic practice resemble aspects of Hobbes' social contract under a sovereign. Leviathan was premiered by David Gresham, Stephen Heinemann and the composer as part of the 2011 Illinois New Music Festival at St. Joseph's Church in Peoria, Illinois.

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[teschrickel]

John - what a great piece, and a heck of a performance all around! WOW!!

[PSearPianist]

This has to be the most exciting clarinet duet I have heard, and well complemented by the balletic movements of the players. Great vid!