Gêmdis (2020)
for E-flat clarinet and ensemble
The title Gêmdis combines the Welsh words for “game” and “dice”, and — like a desperate gambler — Bethan Morgan-Williams’s piece for E-flat clarinet and ensemble keeps returning for another roll. Each new start takes the music through a different set of emotional states, from playful to down and dirty, from the still voice of conscience to the horns of a dilemma. Or does it keep returning to the same place?
Are things out of control, then — or not?
Gêmdis was written as part of the Composer Collider Europe programme for Carl Rosman and Ensemble Musikfabrik.
Performance / Recording
Performed by Carl Rosman (E-flat clarinet) with Ensemble Musikfabrik (cond. Christian Eggen).