{"id":633,"date":"2015-12-24T19:03:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/shop\/focal-point\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:31:40","slug":"focal-point-clarinet-viola-piano","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/focal-point-clarinet-viola-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Focal Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Download a Preview PDF of the Score<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Focal Point &#8211; Preview (455 kB)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><div class=\"sdm_download_button_box_default\"><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=3948\" method=\"post\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-form sdm-download-form\"><div class=\"sdm-recaptcha-button\"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-v3-response\" name=\"g-recaptcha-response\"\/><a href=\"#\" class=\"sdm_download teal sdm_download_with_condition\">Download Watermarked Score for Perusal<\/a><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"download_id\" value=\"3948\" \/><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Printing is disabled for Preview scores.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p>This contemporary chamber music with clarinet, viola, and piano is upbeat and lively, with a fierce edge. With a five-minute duration, it will fit on many concert programs between longer pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Composer&#8217;s note:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Focal Point is off-kilter, off-beat, syncopated, but obsessively focusing on the central pitch of G. Focus shifts later to Bb, then back to G, with the end somewhat unresolved. The three players have a lot of unison moments but the rhythm is constantly shifting. Melodic fragments and sharp chords are constantly interrupting. The clarinet and viola play conversationally, both together and back and forth. Later the piano joins in the cycling cascades of notes.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll hear the opening clarinet solo come back in many forms. By the end, all three musicians are playing a forceful variation of that melody, in octaves. Listen for the many texture changes, as clarinet, viola and piano examine many playing styles.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written for the Opal Ensemble (although they hadn&#8217;t chosen their name at that time): Todd Brunel, clarinet; Anne Black, viola; Paul Carlson, piano.<\/p>\n<h2>Audio<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clearit\"><strong>First performance<\/strong> on March 22, 2013 by the Opal Ensemble at the Vortex Series for New and Improvised Music, Brookline, MA<\/p>\n<p class=\"clearit\"><span class=\"listen\">Listen to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/toddbru\/focal-point-for-clarinet-viola\">Focal Point premiere recording<\/a> at SoundCloud, recorded live.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/88938587&amp;color=5400bb&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"clearit\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download a Preview PDF of the Score Focal Point &#8211; Preview (455 kB) Printing is disabled for Preview scores. Notes This contemporary chamber music with clarinet, viola, and piano is upbeat and lively, with a fierce edge. With a five-minute duration, it will fit on many concert programs between longer pieces. 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