Double Fault (2018)
Robert Lemay (@robertlemay1736)
Performed Live by Duo Entre-Nous
Jackie Glazier, clarinet
Don-Paul Kahl, saxophone
Ghent, Belgium
24 November 2022
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Programme Note (written by Don-Paul Kahl):
Known for his innovative and captivating sound worlds, Canadian composer Robert Lemay is no stranger to the saxophone. Having worked with many of the most celebrated and legendary saxophonists of our time, Robert has an incredibly prolific output for the instrument. As part of his larger series of short duos featuring the saxophone and another instrument, it is fitting that he would compose a duo for saxophone and clarinet.
The title, Double Fault, evokes a regulatory tennis term when the server of the ball has two unsuccessful serves in a row. The point to which this idea is heard in the music is less overtly stated but rather subtly referenced. The clarinet and saxophone both ‘serve’ several different lines to one another, sometimes missing the mark with each other and sometimes involving a played out set. These rhythmically complex lines are skillfully intertwined with articulations either matching, echoing, or purposefully offset from each other. This gives the music a lively yet pointillistic shading.
Double Fault was composed specifically for Duo Entre-Nous after Robert Lemay heard the duo perform live in Zagreb, Croatia. The work is available for purchase through Note en Bulle éditions.
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