3 Review(s)

With a strong Hungarian flavour - suggesting open plains, folk music, and a boisterous wedding celebration - Carl Davis's Clarinet Concerto (1984) is positively cinematic in scope. As might be expected from this acclaimed composer of music for stage and screen, this 25-minute work is instantly accessible and treats the soloist to material that is both lyrical and passionate. `A work that deserves to enter the repertoire, attractive but not flippant, and clearly music by a confident composer who knows what he is doing and why.' Musical Opinion (Robert Matthew-Walker), 1 May 2008