Intermediate Duration: 6:35 total I. Moderato con moto II. Andante, rubato III. Allegretto con moto 2020
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“Modal Allusions for flue and clarinet” by Lori Archer Sutherland. Performed by Sue Childress and Lori Archer Sutherland
Program Notes
“Modal Allusions” challenges players in tonality and independence. The movements are not in the standard major and minor keys that many players are used to: the first and second movements are influenced by the Dorian mode, and the third movement is influenced by Lydian tonality. The second movement also requires players to internalize the beat, as the two parts do not often move together.
Lori Archer Sutherland earned a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition degree from the Ohio State University and a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She composes, performs, and teaches clarinet. She plays bass clarinet with the Crystal Lake Community Band and the Woodstock City Band, clarinet with Winds Off the Lake Woodwind Quintet, and is the founder and organizer of the Knock on Wood Clarinet Choir, where she plays an even bigger clarinet. Check out her site and podcast at tonaldiversions.com
