Program notes for the Martino Triple Concerto: I decided to enlarge the soloist. Only then did the drama of the work reveal itself to me and its execution become clear. My plan was to transform the three separate clarinets into "Superclarinet," a six octave gargantuan who would use the concerto as a world in which to romp and play with the "Superfriends." I thought to effect this transformation not by altering the innate personalities of the elegant Soprano, the poetic Bass, or the obstreperous Contrabass instruments, but by sequentially bringing them together, even within the smallest phrase particle, in such fashion that the naturalness of their interaction would melt their differences.
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