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Gregson, Edward Tributes
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The first performance was given by Michael Collins (clarinet) and Michael McHale (piano) in October 2010 at a BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Recital in City Halls, Glasgow.
Composer’s Note I completed Tributes in the summer of 2010, having started the first of the set some twenty years earlier. In 2008 I revised and lengthened the first piece and decided to add some more. In this final version there are five pieces in all, each dedicated to a different composer, and to a different clarinettist, each of whom I have had ongoing musical relationships. Each of the dedicatee composers wrote memorably for the instrument and as a tribute to them I have tried to invade their stylistic worlds in these pieces: 1. to Francis Poulenc (for Emma Johnson) 2. to Gerald Finzi (for John Bradbury) 3. to Igor Stravinsky (for Linda Merrick) 4. to Olivier Messiaen (for Nicholas Cox) 5. to Béla Bartók (for Michael Collins) Ideally, the pieces should be performed as a complete set, but it is also acceptable for individual pieces to be performed separately (e.g. as an encore piece, or as part of a themed recital). Edward Gregson
Duration: 17 minutes
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TRIBUTES for Clarinet and Piano
1. to Francis Poulenc for Emma Johnson
Clarinet in Bb
Piano
Edward Gregson (2010)
Un peu vif h = 104
ff très sec et marqué
mf bien chanté
sff
mp très doux
mf accentué 6
Cl.
Pno.
11
Cl.
15
Cl.
Pno.
cresc.
1
f
f
bien chanté
fp
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p
f
cresc.
mf
Pno.
mf
6
2. to Gerald Finzi for John Bradbury
Andante con amore (q = 69)
Cl.
Pno.
mp
Cl.
6 7
mp cantabile
Pno.
14
Cl.
Pno.
7
cresc.
dim.
mp
dim.
mf
mf
dim.
mp
mf
dim. p
poco affrettando
A Tempo
mp
poco rit.
cresc.
Pno.
poco cresc.
20
Cl.
p
dim.
9
3. to Igor Stravinsky for Linda Merrick
Tempo 1 (e = 104)
1
Cl.
p
Pno.
11 8
Cl.
mf
pp
Tempo 2 (q = 104)
mp
poco cresc.
mf cresc.
(mf )
f molto marc.
f
cresc.
mf
mf
mp
p
18
Pno.
Cl.
mp
p cresc.
Pno.
13
Cl.
Pno.
mp
ff
12 52
Cl.
15
mf
ff molto marc.
Pno.
f
Pno.
Cl.
mp
67
61
Cl.
ff
Pno.
ff molto marc.
56
Cl.
cresc.
f
mp
16
f pesante
mf
Pno.
molto marc. e stacc.
ff
f pesante
mf marc.
14
4. to Olivier Messiaen (after "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus") for Nicholas Cox
Très lent, expressif et triste e = 44
Cl.
sempre legato
18 5
Cl.
mp
p
p
poco cresc.
mp
pp
mp
Pno.
pp sempre legato
(Con Ped.)
8
Cl.
cresc.
Pno.
Cl.
15
Cl.
19
mf
cresc.
Pno.
cresc.
mp
subito pp
mf
cresc.
11
subito p
mf
subito p
subito pp
mf
Pno.
p
17
5. to Béla Bartók for Michael Collins
Tempo giusto (q = 80)
Cl.
Pno.
p
Cl.
Pno.
3
3
3
molto accel. a
mf
mf
3
3
3
p
3
3
23
mf
Allegro vivace (q = 136)
( p)
3
3
f
p
f
poco a poco cresc.
p
3
mf
3
f
ff
3
3
poco accel.
A Tempo
13
Pno.
(L.H.)
ff
3
Cl.
mp
mp
9
mf
mf
Pno.
mp un poco staccato
p
5
Cl.
24
125
Cl.
5
cresc.
Pno.
molto marc.
32 129
Cl.
Pno.
(bell-like)
poco accel.
poco dim.
mf
Più mosso (q = 144)
ff brillante
f
cresc.
ff
f cresc.
black keys gliss.
pp cresc.
accel. al fine
5
cresc.
ff
Pno.
137
Cl.
f
Pno.
133
Cl.
ff
white keys gliss.
ff