Valentyn Pravosud, Graduation recital

For my graduation recital I have selected four pieces from the most recognized clarinet repertoire.
I open the programme with Three Fantasy Pieces (Drei Fantasiestücke) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73, written in 1849 by German composer Robert Schumman. The pieces are like songs without words and their poetic title justifies the sudden mood changes, which are a signature of Schumann’s music. A second piece is the three-movement concerto for clarinet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that blends gentle lyrical passages with demanding virtuosity, creating a masterpiece of the clarinet repertoire. Then I will perform Claude Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie. The Closing piece is the first movement, Allegro from the Clarinet Concerto by Jean René Désiré Françaix, a French neoclassical composer.