03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
A supporting player gets a star turn as Chiarina celebrates the clarinet
Pardon my language, but Oscars schmoscars. On Sunday evening, a full house at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill was perfectly content to decline the viewing parties in favor of 'A Clarinet Celebration,' a fastidiously lovely three-piece affair thrown by the trusty programmers of the Chiarina Chamber Players.
Often typecast into supporting roles, the clarinet took the spotlight for this program assembling Béla Bartók's 'Contrasts,' Johannes Brahms's 'Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114,' and a centerpiece world premiere (and Chiarina commission) from composer Reinaldo Moya.
