In the wake of concertos for violin and trumpet, Fazıl Say has now composed his first solo concerto for clarinet for Sabine Meyer. The title of the work refers to the Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam who lived during the eleventh century and was one of the greatest scholars of his time. The threemovement clarinet concerto depicts stages and themes associated with his life: childhood and adolescence, scholarship, religious criticism and additionally his love for his wife which Khayyam expressed with exceptional frankness in his poetry.
I Allegro
II Andantino · Allegretto
III Andante
Picc. · 2 · 2 · Engl. Hr. · 2 · 2 · Kfg. – 4 · 3 · 2 · 1 – P. S. (Crot. · Vibr. · Marimba · Trgl. · Röhrengl. · hg. Beck. · Tamt. · Tamb. · Tomt. · Tenortr. · gr. Tr. · Kudüm* [od. Bongos] · Bar Chimes · Woodbl.) (3 Spieler) – Hfe. · Cel. – Str. (12 · 10 · 8 · 8 · 6)
*ggf. verstärkt / should be amplified, if necessary
