FACTS
- Instrumentation: Bass trombone solo
- Duration: 5-6 minutes
- What you get when you buy: Link to download (2 pages of music + front page & instructions)
Featured on Clare Farr’s debut album Loudmouthed Beauty, Lush Darkness – Glaring Light is a piece that has captured the attention of the brass community. It is listed on the LRSM and FRSM syllabuses of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, has garnered significant plays on Spotify, and has received positive reviews:
4BARSREST
Farr’s perceptive appreciation binds everything together; the opening ‘Lush Darkness – glaring light (because the loudmouthed forgot the beauty of a simple tone)’ providing a questioning appraisal of the bass trombonist’s true art – especially a calming awareness of texture and malleability. It is a little masterclass in less is more.
Iwan Fox
THE TROMBONIST
Opening her album and setting the tone is a new work by Bente Leiknes Thorsen commissioned by Clare, Lush darkness – glaring light (because the loudmouthed forgot the beauty of a simple tone). It’s quickly apparent how this piece earned its title – a BIG opening immediately morphing into a sumptuously rich melody showing off Clare’s glorious sound. I hope to hear many performances of this work in the future.
Josh Cirtina
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
Bente Leiknes Thorsen’s Lush Darkness is a great showcase for the instrument.
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