Francesco Raspaolo: L’insostenibile leggerezza del Clarino, Variations on a Twelve-Tone Matrix for Clarinet Quartet

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Francesco Raspaolo’s L’insostenibile leggerezza del Clarino is a set of variations on a twelve-tone matrix for clarinet quartet, scored for E-flat clarinet, two B-flat clarinets and bass clarinet.

The work opens Adagio, with short gestures passed between the four instruments, contrasting dynamics and changing metres.