ADOLF GEBLER, CLARINETTIST
ADOLF GEBLER,
CLARINETTIST (2007/8)
38 minutes
released on the 'Cool Steel Army' CD.
Adolf Gebler, clarinettist is a soundtrack
for an imaginary film - a 'cinema for the ear'. It is scored for
live orchestra, piano and female singer, with pre-recorded dialogue
and sound effects coming through loudspeakers, which give the listener
the impression they are present at the screening of a film, but one
they cannot see, only hear.
The script, specially written by Carlo Gebler and adapted from his
memoir 'Father and I', is based on the story of his grandfather Adolf
Gebler, first clarinettist with the Radio Eireann Studio Players (a
precursor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra) which he
joined in 1936.
Adolf came to live in Ireland having fallen in love with an usherette
he met after a concert he gave in Dublin in 1910. The music has been
commissioned by RTÉ (the Irish national broadcaster) and the
acted scenes and script, which tell Adolf's story, have been created
with the support of an Irish Arts Council Project Award.
The first performance took place in
February 2008 at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, with the RTE National
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gavin Maloney, with singer Susannah
de Wrixon. The auditorium lights were lowered and all music stands
were lit to increase the atmosphere (except for the 'concert within
a concert' when lighting returned to normal). This recording is a revised
version with singer Fionnuala Gill (http://www.fionnualagill.com/)
and the Vienna Symphonic Library software programme (http://vsl.co.at/)
The actors are:
Jonathan Ryan........ Adolf Gebler (young and old)
Mary McEvoy........... Rita
Isobel Mahon.......... Landlady/Marianna
Rory Connolly.......... Policeman.
Here are 5 mp3 extracts to give a
flavour of the piece:
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