Goodman Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra, II. Berceuse et Rêve

Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra (published through www.WrongNoteMedia.com) was commissioned the Beaver Valley Philharmonic to conclude their 2008-09 season. The work, in two movements, takes the orchestra and soloist through a passionate journey of the relationship between a child and a parent.

The second movement, A Berceuse et Rêve, translated as A Lullaby and Dream reverses the roles of the two characters and tells the story of a parent, this time represented by the bass clarinet who is trying to put their child, the orchestra, to sleep. The orchestra begins with unrest and mystery and bursts into an extremely energetic figure, which is repeated throughout this movement as a sign of the child's procrastination. In-between these energy bursts, the soloist tries to calm the child by singing to it a simple lyric lullaby. Each time the parent is interrupted, the lullaby becomes more prominent and overcomes the tired orchestra. As the lullaby comes to a close, the child starts to dream wild images of various dances. These dances move throughout the ensemble as its principal members dance with the bass clarinet in soloistic duets, trios and quartets. Hints of the lullaby, that are fresh in the head of the child, return throughout the dream which ends with an abrupt simultaneous eruption of all the dances, waking the child. The parent in one last effort sings a fraction of the lullaby, ending the piece.

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[WrongNoteMedia]

It was premiered in 2008, but this recording was made in October 2011 by the University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra. Thanks for listening!

[JackieHobbsss]

This is so beautiful.

[TheAwsomestFun]

Beautiful!!

[afterburyner]

When was this performed?