Shulamit Ran

Stream

Stream for Clarinet and String Quartet (2015) was commissioned by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in celebration of its 30th Anniversary Season; through support of The William Penn Foundation. The first performance was in April 2016 at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Notes from the composer: 'The 'line' in Stream is often threaded together into a chain made up of separate 'points' played by the strings; and sometimes by the string and the clarinet. An analogy might be that each instrument; at times; produces a single 'ray of light' from within the larger light source. Moreover; there are many passages where the intended effect is that of the strings providing a 'halo' surrounding the solo clarinet. Similarly; the clarinet often dovetails with; as well as emerges or submerges in and out of; a strand in the string music.'