"Dreaming on the inside," the central Aria of brin solomon’s larger Clarinet Sonata, is presented here as a standalone work for bass clarinet and piano. solomon writes of the Sonata: ‘In three movements, this sonata is a playful romp through various musical landscapes and textures, at turns giddy, lyrical, and rhapsodic. Each movement may be played separately.’ The Aria moves tenderly between a place of intimate yearning and a place of outspoken desire as it charts a homeward course. Dreaming on the inside sees the bass clarinet rhapsodically longing for a distant shore, at times coalescing with the piano towards home, even as lingering thoughts lure the ship off its course. - Notes by Andy Hudson
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from halfway home,
released July 26, 2022
'Aria: Dreaming on the inside' from 'Clarinet Sonata' by brin solomon
Engineered & Produced by Andrew Rodriguez
Mastered by Mike Tierney
Recorded at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
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