Roger Marsh Composer

Ferry Music (1988)

Ferry Music  (1988) for clarinet, piano and cello.   Roger Marsh

This trio is composed around material originally invented for a music theatre piece Love on the Rocks – a piece concerning the mythical Charon, who poled the dead across the river into Hades.  The piece is in five short movements, and the ferry takes approximately eight minutes to complete the crossing.  

I have used ferries between France and the UK many times over the last few years, and so far heard nota note of this piece over their Tannoy, which seems a missed opportunity.

(Commissioned by the Muhlfield Trio and recorded by them on Clarinet Classics CC0007)