A duet for solo wind (or brass) 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)
(audio is a midi realization of the version for Alto Flute and Marimba)
One Among Minutes
(Midi realization of bass clarinet version)
PDF score of the bass clarinet version. (Purchase the bass clarinet score.)
PDF score of the cello version.
Commuter Shift
(Audio is a midi realization as scored for bassoon)
BaDaBaDaDa – for solo wind
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:
Afternoon Reflections – for wind or brass
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.
Duets for a Duo – for winds
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.
Confidentially
A brief intimacy of a shared moment in confidence. – RW
(Audio is a midi realization of the version for bassoon and cello.)
