Nel Fiume eterno – in the eternal river, time drifts forward, sometimes in invigorating currents, sometimes so slowly that it no longer seems to exist at all. In this little symphony for clarinet quintet about life, death and rebirth, the traditional Mozart instrumentation is expanded in that the main instrument is the basset clarinet: an A clarinet with an extended range up to a resounding capital A. The first movement is dedicated to the water fairy Undine, a fantastic natural creature that ca...