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A salutary effect of the Cedille label's work over the years has been its exposure of the depth of the composition scene in and around the city of Chicago. One may find it surprising that there is an album's worth of high-quality clarinet compositions from Chicago, but the clarinetist here, John Bruce Yeh, is responsible for some of them. Yeh, a longtime clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (he was invited to join at 19), has commissioned various contemporary works, several of which are heard here. One, Teresa Reilly's The Forgiveness Train, is a duet for two clarinets, in which Yeh is joined by Reilly, his spouse. It is quite an effective bespoke work, with constantly absorbing contrasts in tone between the two clarinets. Yeh is also persuasive in the demanding Spirit for solo B flat clarinet of Shulamit Ran. There are older works, including the Time Pieces for clarinet and piano, Op. 43, of Robert Muczynski, the only piece in the whole bunch that has any kind of currency on the concert stage. Listeners may be surprised to note the presence of the Clarinet Sonata in one movement of Alexander Tcherepnin on the program, but he lived and taught in Chicago in his later years. Is there a consistent Chicago thread connecting these composers? Maybe not, but the program has a certain consistency, and it is beautifully played by one of the world's leading orchestral clarinetists.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Alexander Tcherepnin, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Phoenix Rising for solo Bb Clarinet (Stacy Garrop)
Stacy Garrop, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Stacy Garrop, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (Leo Sowerby)
Leo Sowerby, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Leo Sowerby, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Leo Sowerby, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Leo Sowerby, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Shulamit Ran, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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The Forgiveness Train for two clarinets (Teresa Reilly)
John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Teresa Reilly, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Teresa Reilly, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Teresa Reilly, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 43 (Robert Muczynski)
Robert Muczynski, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Robert Muczynski, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Robert Muczynski, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Robert Muczynski, Composer - John Bruce Yeh, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Godon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Album review
A salutary effect of the Cedille label's work over the years has been its exposure of the depth of the composition scene in and around the city of Chicago. One may find it surprising that there is an album's worth of high-quality clarinet compositions from Chicago, but the clarinetist here, John Bruce Yeh, is responsible for some of them. Yeh, a longtime clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (he was invited to join at 19), has commissioned various contemporary works, several of which are heard here. One, Teresa Reilly's The Forgiveness Train, is a duet for two clarinets, in which Yeh is joined by Reilly, his spouse. It is quite an effective bespoke work, with constantly absorbing contrasts in tone between the two clarinets. Yeh is also persuasive in the demanding Spirit for solo B flat clarinet of Shulamit Ran. There are older works, including the Time Pieces for clarinet and piano, Op. 43, of Robert Muczynski, the only piece in the whole bunch that has any kind of currency on the concert stage. Listeners may be surprised to note the presence of the Clarinet Sonata in one movement of Alexander Tcherepnin on the program, but he lived and taught in Chicago in his later years. Is there a consistent Chicago thread connecting these composers? Maybe not, but the program has a certain consistency, and it is beautifully played by one of the world's leading orchestral clarinetists.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:39
- Main artists: John Bruce Yeh Patrick Godon Teresa Reilly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cedille
- Genre: Classical
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