Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano
The McGill brothers, Demarre (flute) and Anthony (clarinet), and pianist Michael McHale have constructed a terrific programme around “Portraits of Langston”, Valerie Coleman’s imaginative reflections on works of American jazz poet Langston Hughes (read sympathetically here by OscarⓇ-winning actor Mahershala Ali). Paul Schoenfield’s Sonatina, characteristically vivid and rhythmically thrilling, also receives its first recording, while shorter pieces by Chris Rogerson, Guillaume Connesson and Philip Hammond sit nicely alongside Rachmaninoff’s ever-evocative “Vocalise.” This is chamber music-making of a high calibre.
Introduction No. 1 "Hellen Keller"
Mahershala Ali
Introduction No. 2 "Danse africaine"
Mahershala Ali
Introduction No. 3 "Le grand duc mambo"
Mahershala Ali
Introduction No. 4 "In Time of Silver Rain"
Mahershala Ali
Introduction No. 5 "Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret"
Mahershala Ali
Introduction No. 6 "Summer Night"
Mahershala Ali
The Lark in the Clear Air (Arr. M. McHale for Flute, Clarinet & Piano)