Two Portraits

A few words from the composer:“Ravel and Cummings inspired me to write Two Portraits. In Ravel’s L’Indifférent someone is looking at a passing boy, and invites this boy to let wine refresh him. But the boy walks by, his hips slightly bent. What latent ambiguity was at stake for Ravel? Cummings describes the existence of androgynous appeal as an ontological fact. From his Love Poems, different fragments were used to illuminate this fact. For me, they provide two different portraits. Two Portraits takes the form of a duet within a duet. As Schubert’s D965, the voice echo’s the clarinet and viceversa. Together they are part of a character, accompanied by the piano. Therefore, the voice part can be replaced easily by flute or oboe.”X. Hunfeld, Amstelveen, June 5, 2020Their Silence Clarinet in Bb or Clarinet in Eb(depending on the timbre of the voice) Voice and  PianoIntermezzo Clarinet in Bb and PianoThy Rhythmic Lover Clarinet in Bb or Clarinet in Eb (depending on the timbre of the voice) Voice and PianoThe E-Edition PDF bundle comes with a score and the following parts:Clarinet in Bb Clarinet in Eb (alternative to Clarinet in Bb in “Their Silence” and “The Rhythmic Lover”) Vocal/Piano (score)“Two Portraits” is also available in printed edition from June Emerson Wind Music.