Incense Of Music 60: The Clarinet Trio at PANDA Platforma

Probably the most striking aspect of the Clarinet Trio’s music is the instrumentation: three clarinets pure. No strings, no piano, no percussion. A trio in the classical sense, without concessions to entertainment knick-knacks. No electronics either, or cheap appeals to zeitgeist or whatever lifts the spirit. The three musicians create music of strong atmospheric density. Single long lasting tones appear from nowhere. Playing with the volume, drama can be sensed. Silence. Then again sounds that palpate the silence, but also offer that exact silence the space to it’s own unfolding.

The music is creatively composed and sensitively improvised. It can also growl, paint sounds and swing melodically. It needs no special effects. It impresses with its creative ideas and masterly playing technique....

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Probably the most striking aspect of the Clarinet Trio’s music is the instrumentation: three clarinets pure. No strings, no piano, no percussion. A trio in the classical sense, without concessions to entertainment knick-knacks. No electronics either, or cheap appeals to zeitgeist or whatever lifts the spirit. The three musicians create music of strong atmospheric density. Single long lasting tones appear from nowhere. Playing with the volume, drama can be sensed. Silence. Then again sounds that palpate the silence, but also offer that exact silence the space to it’s own unfolding.

The music is creatively composed and sensitively improvised. It can also growl, paint sounds and swing melodically. It needs no special effects. It impresses with its creative ideas and masterly playing technique.

The Clarinet Trio since 25 years is considered one of the leading woodwind ensembles worldwide. Its CDs today are regarded as classics and genre-establishing. In 2022 the Clarinet Trio released the 6th CD entitled ‘Transformations and Further Passages’ for its 25th anniversary. It features German Jazz Compositions from the 1950s and 60s. Music by Albert Mangelsdorff, Karl Berger, Rolf and Joachim Kühn, E.L. Petrowsky, Jutta Hipp, Joki Freund, Manfred Schoof and others.

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