RELIEF

Markus Stockhausen

RELIEF

for clarinet
and string orchestra

Relief was originally written for the clarinettist Tara Bouman and string quintet on the occasion of a Christmas concert in the Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne Philharmonic Hall) on 27th December 2006. Here, it is presented in a version with string orchestra.

The piece is simply structured: A peaceful theme is presented by the clarinet and the strings, and followed by an improvisation by the clarinet over a harmonic development. This leads to a solo improvisation by the clarinet which is soon accompanied by a cantus firmus on the cello. The initial theme sounds again as a coda.

Relief was completely written with Tara and her sensitive way of playing in mind. It allows her a lot of room for her own creativity.

Markus Stockhausen conducted Tara Bouman and the Deutsche Kammerakademie (German Chamber Academy ) Neuss am Rhein for the performance of Relief on the 28th of October 2007 in the Klaus-von-Bismarck Saal at the WDR in Cologne.

From a live recording of the concert with Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein conducted by Lavard Skou Larsen we released a CD in 2008 under the title SYMBIOSIS – Works by Markus Stockhausen

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