Clarinet Concerto
IN 4YA’s presentation of Weber’s First Clarinet Concerto, J. McCaw, one of New Zealand’s best clarinettists, gave a sterling performance of a little-known work, Although this concerto cannot be said to rank among the greatest, it is still a very interesting and vivacious composition, and contains some lovely melodic passages; the last movement is, perhaps, a trifle too showy to be called good music, but it is just the sort of thing to show off the player’s spectacular technique, and Mr. McCaw made it a sparkling finish to a carefully modulated performance. Weber evidently believed in giving his soloist the full limelight, for the orchestral part of the work is mainly "background music’; and the 4YA Orchestra, in providing a discreet accompaniment, reminded me rather of the House of Peers in Jolanthe, which "did nothing in particular, and did it very well."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 360, 17 May 1946, Page 10
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144Clarinet Concerto New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 360, 17 May 1946, Page 10
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