Antony Pay

Clarinet

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  Antony Pay was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He was Principal Clarinet of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 1978, of the London Sinfonietta (of which he was a founder member) from 1968 to 1983 and of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields from 1976 to 1986. He has also been a member of several chamber ensembles, including the Nash Ensemble, Tuckwell Wind Quintet, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble, and Hausmusik. 

  With the London Sinfonietta he collaborated with many of today’s leading composers, including Boulez, Stockhausen, Birtwistle, Henze, Maxwell Davies, Goehr and Berio.  He has recorded Berio’s Concertino with the composer conducting for RCA and gave the first performance of Henze’s mini-concerto Miracle of the Rose, which was written for him to direct from the clarinet.

  Recently he has concentrated on solo playing and conducting, recording the Spohr and Mozart Concertos for Decca, the Weber and Crusell Concertos for Virgin Classics and Birtwistle’s Melencolia I for NMC. He has conducted the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Germany, Austria and Holland, and the London Sinfonietta throughout Europe, as well as guest-conducting with orchestras in Scandinavia, Italy and the United States.

  Antony Pay also performs on period clarinets, and his recordings of the Mozart, Weber and Crusell Concertos are played on specially reconstructed instruments.  He currently plays with the Academy of Ancient Music and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with both of which he is a frequent soloist and chamber music player.

  Antony Pay is represented worldwide by Andrew Rosner at Rayfield Allied.
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  Arnold

  • Clarinet Concerto No.2, Op.115

  Berio

  • Concertino

  Bernstein

  • Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

  Birtwistle

  • Melencolia 1

  Brahms / Berio

  • Op. 120 Clarinet sonata nr 1 in F minor (orch Berio)

  Carter

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Copland

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Crusell

  • Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3

  Debussy

  • Rhapsodie

  Finzi

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Françaix

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Goldschmidt

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Henze

  • Le Miracle de la Rose

  Hindemith

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Krommer

  • Clarinet Concerto in E Flat

  Lindberg

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Milhaud

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Mozart

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Musgrave

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Nielsen

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Rautavaara

  • Clarinet Concerto

  Rossini

  • Introduction, Theme and Variations in B Flat

  Seiber

  • Concertino

  Spohr

  • Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4

  Stamitz

  • Clarinet Concertos

  Strauss

  • Duet Concertino for clarinet and Bassoon

  Stravinsky

  • Ebony Concerto

  Takemitsu

  • Fantasma/Cantos

  Weber

  • Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

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