Chamber Music Series: Nunquam salto sobrius

“Nunquam salto sobrius” means “I never dance when I’m sober” and is the name of one movement from the Terpsichore Suite by Pekka Saarinen. The dance suite for flute, clarinet, bassoon, cello and double bass now to get its first performance examines dance from various angles. The evening gets a little rowdy in the closing movement, “The Last Bars”, at the end of which the clarinettist goes a bit over the top and does not know when to stop when the others have had enough.