Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Poulenc, Debussy and Gershwin

Poulenc, Debussy and Gershwin

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From Cheltenham Festival 2020, clarinettist Julian Bliss with pianist Tim Horton.

Another chance to hear a concert first given in November 2020 by clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist Tim Horton as part of Cheltenham Festival's residency at St. David's Hall.

Another chance to hear a concert which was first given by clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist Tim Horton in November 2020 at St. David's Hall in Cardiff, as part of a week-long series of live recitals curated by Cheltenham Music Festival.  Poulenc's brilliantly witty Clarinet Sonata leads to a showcase for the instrument, Debussy's Premiere rapsodie, a work that was designed to test the mettle of Paris Conservatoire students.  Leonard Bernstein's clarinet sonata is followed by Lewis Wright's  arrangement of a Gershwin standard, "Soon". The dance rhythms of Joseph Horowitz's lively three-movement Sonatina make an exhilarating finale. 

Introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas

Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano 
Debussy: Première Rapsodie
Bernstein: Sonata for clarinet and piano 
Gershwin, arr. Lewis Wright:  ‘Soon’ 
Horovitz: Sonatina for clarinet and piano 

Julian Bliss, clarinet
Tim Horton, piano

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