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UK première of Concert Fantastique
After the successful performances in Stockholm, it was now time for the Brittish premiere of Rolf Martinsson´s Clarinet Concerto Concert Fantastique, written for Martin Fröst. The performance with the CBSO under Edward Gardner was met with great enthusiasm in the hall and the Birmingham Post and The Times wrote:
Fröst’s technical wizardry and engagingly extrovert musical personality make him the ideal interpreter of Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson’s Concert Fantastique which received its UK premiere with the CBSO conducted by Edward Gardner.
It was heartening to hear a contemporary work being greeted so warmly – deservedly so.
The attention-grabbing opening featured dazzling bravura passages for Fröst.
The concerto’s five sections are full of fantasy and contrasts, from a passage where Fröst plays a single tone for a minute without a break to a lush romantic melody
Fröst’s jolly klezmer-inspired encore rounded off the concert’s first half perfectly.
THE TIMES
Fröst was certainly the star turn . ....he characteristically alll but danced his way through the Brittish première of his compatriot Rolf Martinsson´s Concert Fantastique.
....... a series of glittering showpieces and extended cadenzas with orchestral accompaniment. All the Fröst antics were there: remarkable agility, swirling scales, tornadoes of trills — even a full minute of sustained circular breathing. The concerto was exciting and easy on the ea r: ........
Fröst begins European tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra,
Martin Fröst embarks on a European tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performing clarinet concertos by Copland and Mozart. The tour will open with a concert in Vienna’s Musikverein on 30 November and will include performances at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Antwerp, Luxembourg, Basel and Wilhelmshaven. The tour coincides with the release of Fröst’s recording with the Australian Chamber Orchestra for BIS.
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DANCE TO BLACK PIPE NO 1 ON SALES LISTS
Only two weeks after the release, Martin Fröst´s new recording Dances to a Black Pipe already storms in on the sales lists and is now No 1 on the official Swedish sales list for classical albums. Martin is already represented on this list on 5th and 7th place. Dances to a black Pipe is also remarkably high for a classical recording on the general list of all albums.
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Concert Schedule
| January 11 |
Luzern, Kunst und Kongresshaus Luzern
Conductor: James Gaffigan
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
HILLBORG: Clarinet Concerto “Peacock Tales” (Millenium Version)
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| January 12 |
Luzern, Kunst und Kongresshaus Luzern
With Luzern Sinfonieorchester
Concuctor: James Gaffigan
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
HILLBORG: Clarinet Concerto “Peacock Tales” (Millenium Version)
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| January 20 |
Bremen
With Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
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| January 21 |
Bremen
With Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
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| January 25 |
Ravensburg
With Münchener Kammerorchester
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto
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| January 26 |
Munich, Prinzregententheater
With Münchener Kammerorchester
Concuctor: Douglas Boyd
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto
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| February 14 |
Tokyo, Tokyo Opera City
With Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
AHO: Clarinet Concerto
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| February 15 |
Tokyo, Suntory Hall
With Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
AHO: Clarinet Concerto
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| February 16-19 |
VINTERFEST
Mora
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| February 17 |
VINTERFEST, Mora kyrka
with Dalasinfoniettan
MARTINSSON: Consert Fantastique
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| February 17 |
VINTERFEST, Moraparken Mora
Fröst and Friends
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| February 18 |
VINTERFEST Älvdalens kyrka
With Shai Wosner, piano and Apollon Musagete Quartet
GOSSEC: String Quartet in A Major op. 15/6
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody No.1 for Clarinet and Piano
FORSSELL: De sju dödssynderna
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances
MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
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| February 22 |
Hamburg Laeiszhalle
VINTERFEST GOES TO HAMBURG,
With Shai Wosner, piano and Apollon Musagete Quartet
GOSSEC: String Quartet in A Major op. 15/6
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody No.1 for Clarinet and Piano
POULENC Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances
MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
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| March 9 |
Perugia
With Belcea Quartet
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
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| March 10 |
Florence
With Belcea Quartet
MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
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| March 11 |
Florence
With Belcea Quartet
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
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| March 15 |
Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin
With Roland Pöntinen
LUTOSLAWSKI: Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Piano
POULENC: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
HILLBORG: Peacock Tales for solo clarinet, tape and dance
DEBUSSY: Préludes - Book 1
DEBUSSY: Préludes - Book 2
Roland PONTINEN: Danse Serpentine
HÖGBERG: Invisible Duet (for clarinet and DVD)
PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion
TRAD: Klezmer Dances
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| March 24 |
Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall
With Los Angeles Philharmonic
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
AHO: Clarinet Concerto
www.laphil.com/
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| March 25 |
Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall
With Los Angeles Philharmonic
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
AHO: Clarinet Concerto
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