A duet for solo wind and marimba in two continuous movements.
I. That’s What I Heard
II. Are You Sure?
(Video features the US premiere performed by Transient Canvas at 2021 SCI Online Convention, Concert No. 6, Amy Advocat, bass clarinet and Matt Sharrock, marimba)
The version for bassoon and marimba was performed by Ensemble 337 (Jacqueline and Christopher Wilson) at the FOCAM: Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music, WSU Pullman, WA.
PDF score of the bass clarinet version.
PDF score of the cello version.
Recording of the bass clarinet version is from the Vent Nouveau NYC concert, performed by Sam Kaestner, bass clarinet.
Bassoon perusal score:
Bass Clarinet perusal score:
Audio is a home studio recording by Guido Arbonelli, bass clarinet. Versions are available through Buy the Score purchase link.
Perusal copy displayed is the bassoon version.
Video is a lovely performance by Aimee Toner and Megan Tracy at the The Muse’s Voice concert, October 31, 2018, Barnard College, NYC.
Two movements with only the slightest pause between. I. Reconsidering; II. Amidst Confusion
Program note: Duets for a Duo is one of my earliest compositions notated for mixed instruments. I was especially intrigued by the sounds of close intervals, primarily minor or major seconds – between instruments. The music is an interplay of winds through two movements that are meant to convey two emotional reflections. Reconsidering is a contemplative mood… a lingering premonition that something may not be what it seems and must be reconsidered on a deeper level. Followed by Amidst Confusion which reflects an emotional struggle that cannot be easily resolved amidst prevailing confusion.
Check out this concert recording by 2Flutes: Laura Falzon and Pamela Sklar and their New York Tapestries album.
A brief intimacy of a shared moment in confidence. – RW
Program note
An anxious lament for love lost, borrowing musical inspiration from the plainsong, “Dies Irae.” The emotional context is sadness and futility, which transmutes into edgy feelings of anger. The metaphoric realization that came to mind was that moving on would involve something like walking barefoot across a floor covered with sharp wires. – RW
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