Conductor: Huba Hollòköi
Soloist: Csaba Rajnai, clarinet
Martijn Padding: Glimpse
Krzysztof Dobosiewicz: Clarinet concerto no. 3 (Significations profondes de l’absurdité, fp)
Charles Gounod: Symphony no. 1 in D
The artists in this concert both have roots in Central Europe, which also provides the
substance for the programme. Krzysztof Dobosiewicz and Kymi Sinfonietta clarinettist Csaba Rajnai first joined forces nearly 20 years ago for the premiere of Dobosiewicz’s first clarinet concerto. Today’s third concerto really does put the instrument through its paces. Huba Hollòköi also conducts Martijn Padding’s dynamic Glimpse and Gounod’s spirited, classical first symphony.