The Illicit Still
Oliver Searle
Description
Instrumentation Genre Solo instrument
Tag solo
Duration 5 minutes
Instrumentation Contrabass clarinet [1 player]
Publisher Scottish Music Centre
A short work for solo contrabass (or bass) clarinet.
The first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay opened in September 2017.
This short work aims to capture the sounds of the distilling process, aiming to emulate a
rhythmic and mechanical environment, with each sound fragment chasing and moving around
each other (and perhaps giving the impression of an attempt to evade any authorities who
might like to thwart any illegal distillers...)
Instrumentation Genre Solo instrument
Tag solo
Duration 5 minutes
Instrumentation Contrabass clarinet [1 player]
Publisher Scottish Music Centre
Performances of this work
| Date | Venue | Performer | Link |
| 14/11/2020 The Illicit Still |
BBC, Online, Scotland, UK | BBC Radio 3 New Music Show |
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