2 July 2024
GORDON: Goodman to premiere on Nurmes Music Festival in Finland...
Time
3:00 PM
Venue
Ikola Museum - Rantola House
Nurmes
Finland
Program
- Kaija Saariaho - Duft
- Geoffrey Gordon - Goodman for solo clarinet
- Bela Kovacs - Hommages
- Takayoshi Yanagida - Madrigale for 2 clarinets
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Clarinettist Hanna Hujanen gives the Finnish premiere of Geoffrey Godon's Goodman for solo clarinet on a program which also includes works by Kaija Saariaho, Bela Kovacs and a duo piece by Takayoshi Yanagida, featuring also clarinetist Harri Mäki, as part of the Musicfestival - Nurmes Kesäakatemia Ja Kesämusiikki.
Goodman is inspired by the great 20th c. clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman, whose career included jazz and classical repertoire - Goodman commissioned and premiered works by Bartok and Copland, among others.