Showing posts with label Clarinet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clarinet. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Bernard Herrmann: Clarinet Quintet ("Souvenirs de Voyage")

In his film scores (notably, Vertigo), Bernard Herrmann shows influences from Wagner, Debussy and Delius (to name just a few).

In this classical piece, however, his model appears to have been Brahms' wonderful clarinet quintet.

For variety, I have chosen two different interpretations of the work.