Alan Hacker

Inspiring clarinettist who played a key role in new music and performance on period instrumentsAlan Hacker, who has died aged 73, was a musician of unusually wide-ranging interests and enthusiasms. As a clarinettist he inspired many composers, who often exploited the extended techniques that he had developed. His relationship with Harrison Birtwistle was especially strong and long-lasting, and his playing is commemorated in many works written for the Fires of London by Peter Maxwell Davies.In th...

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