Won Over by Rich Pickings St Magnus Festival Nash Ensemble, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall 5/5
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WERE it not for the Limbe Choir, the Nash Ensemble, back for the third year in a row, would be the most ubiquitous group at this year's St Magnus Festival. Clarinetist Richard Hosford has been the most featured player (with harpist Lucy Wakeford close behind) and his showcase has run from the performance of Mozart's sublime quintet and James MacMillan's Tuireadh on Sunday through to Aaron Copland's clarinet concerto, written for Benny Goodman, and performed with the Scottish Ensemble on Tuesday.
Until the bridging cadenza, the Copland is neither very jazzy nor particularly clarinet-y, but the second movement, with pianist Ian Brown and bassist Diane Clark as rhythm section, just lacked Philly Joe Jones behind the drums.See the full content of this document
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Won Over by Rich Pickings St Magnus Festival Nash Ensemble, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall 5/5
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