Reflets laurentiens Concerto for clarinet, saxophone and orchestra
EFLETS LAURENTIENS, concerto for clarinet, saxophone and orchestra
, enriches the repertoire of the clarinet and saxophone as solo instruments in a same setting. “This is still a very rare combination of two solo wind instruments of different tone colours played by the same artist.” - Gerald Corey, National Arts
Centre Orchestra Source of inspiration: The Laurentian nature
Succinct presentation: The Concerto’s movements take their titles from paintings by Montréal painter T. K. Thomas, who is Maya’s uncle:
I. October Sky (clarinet & orchestra), based on an energetic giocoso thematic idea, is ingeniously developed, including different colours of the orchestra in combination with the soloist. Andante serves as a gentle oasis that leads to the
Cadenza a tre. A brilliant accelerando thrusts the musicians into the Tempo Primo.
II. Lake in the Laurentians (saxophone & orchestra) is, in contrast, orchestrated intimately with timpani, percussion, and strings as the only accompaniment
supporting the saxophone. The calmness is a reflection of Badian’s impressions of this lake’s static beauty.
III. Laurentian Rapids (clarinet & orchestra) has the soloist perform on the clarinet as in the first movement, the clarinet symmetrically surrounding the
novel use of the saxophone as a solo instrument. This final movement, filled with an evocative and mysterious rumbling, has an almost cinematic feeling and gives the soloist ample possibilities for solstice abandon. A recollection of this movement’s calm leads to an unexpected and unique percussion solo.
A short solo Cadenza of the solo clarinet prepares the orchestra for a brief brilliant coda marked Allegro.
At the final bar, Maya Badian writes "improvisation libre" - so the clarinettist creates his own interpretation to brilliantly put the closing touch to this colourful
Concerto.” - Professor Gerald E. Corey.
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II. Lake in Laurentians by T.K. Thomas
The middle section
III. Laurentian Rapids by T.K.Thomas
“Reflets laurentiens, concerto pour clarinette, saxophone et orchestre de Maya Badian, est une œuvre résolument moderne, à laquelle nous croyons; c’est assurément une musique à laquelle sa maturité va valoir une place de choix au grand répertoire.”
- Le nouvelliste, Mozart s’impose et Badian impressionne par Roland Héroux, le 9 novembre 1994.

Clarinet Concerto: I. October Sky by Maya Badian

Dr. MAYA BADIAN is an internationally renown contemporary classical music composer. She is the only Canadian composer of Romanian origin to have her life and accomplishments reflected in the book: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici (Pro Ars Publications).
LUCIAN BADIAN EDITIONS publishes and internationally distributes all of Maya Badian's works.  Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Library Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France; and Library and Archives Canada have acquired Dr. Badian's published works for their collections. 
Library and Archives Canada has requested and preserves Maya Badian's entire output of manuscripts, archival documents and recordings officially titled, MAYA-BADIAN FONDS Mus. 228 (since 1993).
All of Badian's orchestral, concertant, chamber music, and works for multi-media that form Dr. Maya Badian's compositional output, are successfully internationally performed, in public concerts.

Dr. Maya Badian is a Contemporary Classical Music Canadian Composer of Romanian Origin. 
Maya Badian has more than 100 published original compositions including symphonies, orchestral music, concertos, cantatas, chamber music, music for multimedia, and musicology and pedagogy works. All her works are published and internationally distributed by Lucian Badian Editions. Her musical output is part of the collections of international libraries, such as Library and Archives Canada, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Bibliothèque Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France, and of many music libraries across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and National Library of New Zealand. 
”Maya Badian is an important composer, if it does not use some of the extreme devices discovered by earlier 20th century composers, Badian’s music does reflect the accumulated wisdom of a century of experiment and invention.” – The Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maya Badian have her life and achievements reflected in an international biography work: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici, Pro ARS Publications, Ottawa, 2010.
“An internationally acclaimed composer” – as described in Orchestral Works CD Review, Winnipeg Sun, 1999.
Dr. Badian is a member of the Canadian Music Center, Canadian League of Composers, Association of Canadian Women Composers, Ottawa New Music Creators, Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists, Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova.

Dr. Maya Badian is a Contemporary Classical Music Canadian Composer of Romanian Origin. Maya Badian has more than 100 published original compositions including symphonies, orchestral music, concertos, cantatas, chamber music, music for multimedia, and musicology and pedagogy works. All her works are published and internationally distributed by Lucian Badian Editions. Her musical output is part of the collections of international libraries, such as Library and Archives Canada, The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Bibliothèque Božidar Kantušer, Paris, France, and of many music libraries across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, and National Library of New Zealand. 
”Maya Badian is an important composer, if it does not use some of the extreme devices discovered by earlier 20th century composers, Badian’s music does reflect the accumulated wisdom of a century of experiment and invention.” – The Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maya Badian have her life and achievements reflected in an international biography work: The Life and The Music of Maya Badian, A Privilege to Soar by Fred Popovici, Pro ARS Publications, Ottawa, 2010.
“An internationally acclaimed composer” – as described in Orchestral Works CD Review, Winnipeg Sun, 1999.
Dr. Badian is a member of the Canadian Music Center, Canadian League of Composers, Association of Canadian Women Composers, Ottawa New Music Creators, Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists, Union of Composers and Musicologists of Moldova.

Clarinet Concerto: I. October Sky by Maya Badian

Maya Badian, Composer