Igor Stravinsky Ebony Concerto With score

Composer: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 6 April 1971) Clarinet: Michel Arrignon Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain Conductor: Pierre Boulez Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band, written in 1945 00:00 I. Allegro moderato 03:00 II. Andante 05:33 III. Moderato Con moto Moderato Stravinsky wrote his Ebony Concerto for jazz bandleader Woody Herman, who premiered it with his ensemble the Thundering Herd in March 1946. It is modeled on the Baroque concerto grosso and obviously incorporates jazz styles popular during the wartime era. Cast in three very short movements the whole work lasting about nine minutes it is scored for clarinet and jazz band. Ebony Concerto opens with a lively Allegro moderato, where the themes are rhythmic and quite jerky in their unpredictability. Everything sounds Stravinskyan, though, the jazz elements fusing naturally with the composer s neoClassical style. The most lyricalsounding theme comes on clarinet and trombone, recalling a theme in ragt