‘The other face of the wind’ première

José Luis Estellés, clarinet | Patrick Davin, conductor | National Youth Orchestra of Spain

San Lorenzo del Escorial. Teatro Auditorio 01.08.2011

Eduardo Soutullo is a musician gifted with a very strong compositional technique, base for a well constructed grammar. The substantial dialogue between orchestra and solo clarinet in which he supports his The other face of the wind allows us to follow a speech full of events with impressionistic touches, oriental notes and passages of expressionist sign. Divisi, diverse soli, and a very rich timbre support the solo voice that has its exhibition moments in a playful and broken cadenza. José Luis Estellés was flawless, well accompanied by the JONDE and Patrick Davin, to whom we applaud the very seldom performed Le roi d’Ys by Lalo and a quick and nervous approach to the Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique.