Bavardage

Polyphonic study for solo clarinet
(1991)
Duration : 13′
Commissioned by Radio-France.
First performance on the 28th of january 1992 in the Olivier Messiaen auditorium of Maison de Radio-France in Paris by Alain Damiens
Editions Billaudot
Recording : CD Maguelone 350 529 – Michel Arrignon

The solitary chattering of a clarinet, this work is predominantly a polyphonic study of great virtuosity. If some multiple sounds appear at the beginning, by way of introduction, it is largely on extremely swift leaps in register that the development of the work is based, thus creating the permanent illusion of polyphonic writing.

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