David Shifrin & Miró Quartet: Rendezvous with Benny
Join CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus and clarinetist-supreme David Shifrin with the dynamic Miró Quartet for a celebration of classical and jazz clarinet that pays tribute to the chamber music contributions of the “King of Swing,” Benny Goodman. Featuring the world premiere of David Schiff’s arrangement Homage to Benny, Alan Shulman’s Rendezvous, Peter Schickle’s captivating Spring Forward (commissioned and premiered by CMNW in 2015), Mozart’s sublime masterpiece, the clarinet magic of David Shifrin, and the delightful Miró Quartet. Expect gorgeous grooves and irresistible interplay as this fivesome makes joyful noise at The Old Church.
“David Shifrin joined the Miró for the clarinet works, and seemed for an hour to have turned into a fifth Miró. [Spring Forward] seemed tailor-made for the group, with plenty of intricate give-and-take between the instruments…clarinet came back to swoop and crest one last time at the end, alighting perfectly on a delightfully surprising yet satisfying harmony.”
— ArtsWatch (2015 World Premiere)
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Part of the 2021/22 AT-HOME concert series
AT-HOME concert access dates: 4/17-4/24
The Old Church
Sunday, 4/3 • 4:00 pm
Program
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- ALAN SHULMAN Rendezvous for Clarinet and Strings (1946)
- DAVID SCHIFF (Arr.) Homage to Benny (World Premiere)
- PETER SCHICKELE Spring Forward for Clarinet and String Quartet (2015)
Artists
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David Shifrin
Clarinet & Artistic Director Emeritus 1981–2020
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Clarinetist David Shifrin graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in 1967 and the Curtis Institute in 1971. He made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra having won the Orchestra’s Student Competition in 1969. He went on to receive numerous prizes and awards worldwide, including the Geneva and Munich International Competitions, the Concert Artists Guild auditions, and both the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1987) and the Avery Fisher Prize (2000).
Shifrin received Yale University’s Cultural Leadership Citation in 2014 and is currently the Samuel S. Sanford Professor in the Practice of Clarinet at the Yale School of Music where he teaches a studio of graduate-level clarinetists and coaches chamber music ensembles. He is also the artistic director of Yale’s Oneppo Chamber Music Society and the Yale in New York concert series. Shifrin previously served on the faculties of the Juilliard School, the University of Southern California, the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Hawaii.
Shifrin served as artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from 1992 to 2004 and Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon from 1981 to 2020. He has appeared as soloist with major orchestras in the United States and abroad and has served as Principal Clarinet with the Cleveland Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra (under Stokowski), the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestras of New Haven, Honolulu, and Dallas. Shifrin also continues to broaden the clarinet repertoire by commissioning and championing more than 100 works of 20th and 21st century American composers. Shifrin’s recordings have consistently garnered praise and awards including three Grammy nominations and “Record of the Year” from Stereo Review.
Shifrin is represented by CM Artists in New York and performs on Backun clarinets and Légère reeds.
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