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| [ 1 ] Through a gentle rain [Jack Gabel - 2000] | LISTEN |
| [ 2 ] Narthex [Bernard Andrés - 1971] | LISTEN |
| < span class="txtbold13">Pictures of Miró [Mark Fish - 2004] | |
| [ 3 ] I. Self-Portrait | LISTEN |
| [ 4 ] II. Dog, Barking at the Moon | LISTEN |
| [ 5 ] III. The Lutanist [Dutch Interior 1] | LISTEN |
| [ 6 ] IV. Girl practicing gymnastics | LISTEN |
| [ 7 ] V. Man & Woman in Front of Pile of Excrement | LISTEN |
| [ 8 ] VI. Woman | LISTEN |
| [ 9 ] VII. Self-Portrait | LISTEN |
| [10] VIII. The Escape Ladder | LISTEN |
| [11] IX. NIghtingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain | LISTEN |
| [12] X. Red Sun Gnaws at the Spider | LISTEN |
| [13] XI. Self-Portrait | LISTEN |
| < span class="txtbold13">Quartet for fl., vln., vla. & vcl. [Volkmar Andreae - 1942] | |
| [14] I. Molto vivace | LISTEN |
| [15] II. Adagi, non troppo lento | LISTEN |
| [16] III. Molto vivace | LISTEN |
| [17] IV. Molto lento - Molto vivace | LISTEN |
| [18] Glass Sky [Tessa Brinckman - 2004] | LISTEN |
| [19] Cloven Dreams [D'Arcy Reynolds - 2004] | LISTEN |
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[ 1 ] THROUGH A GENTLE
RAIN [08:44]
Jack
Gabel (2002) flute/ piccolo/alto flute & koto |
| Gabel moves with ease between Japanese folk and esoteric musical cultures, and an elegant, avant-blues. The composer is often inclusive of his performers when developing a piece, and invited the flutist and koto-player to write their own cadenzas. |
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[ 2 ] NARTHEX [07:47] - Bernard
Andrés (1971) flute & harp |
| French composer Andrés used photos of his visit to Romanesque churches in Burgundy as inspiration, struck by the poetry and drama of these medieval structures' cool, dark, interior and the bright light outside. He draws directly from Old Testament scenes sculpted in stone inside the narthex (the entrance hall or porch preceding the nave), through which pilgrims would pass in order to rest, eat and contemplate. |
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[3-13] PICTURES OF
MIRÓ [19:00] Mark Fish (2004) & nbsp; flute, violin, viola & cello |
| Eleven movements theatrically depict eleven paintings by the Spanish artist Joan Miró (1893-1983), ideally presented in performance as audio-visual companions to one another. The composer has had a long-time passion for the artist's work, and describes his personal and musical responses to Miró's paintings... |
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[14-17] QUARTET, Op. 43 [14:17] - Volkmar Andreae (1942)
& nbsp;flute, violin, viola & cello |
| This lush and tempestuous work reflects Swiss composer Andreae's vast knowledge and love of late 19th century and 20th century romantic, impressionistic and neo-classical repertoire. Celebrated flutist Andre Jaunet (and fellow teacher at the Zurich Conservatory) first performed this quartet in 1942. |
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[18] GLASS SKY [09:29] - Tessa
Brinckman (2004) flute, violin, viola & cello |
| Glass Sky was inspired by Brinckman's journey to South Africa and a visit to the artist Helen Martins' Owl House Museum, in 2002. The artist's cement sculpture garden and glass-encrusted Owl House is set in the small town of Nieu Bethesda, in the desert plains of the Karoo. It embodies many aspects of South Africa that Brinckman (b. 1963) remembers from her childhood there - the electrifying natural world, human suffering and the attempted transcendence of that suffering. |
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[19] CLOVEN DREAMS [09:28]
D'Arcy Reynolds' (2004) flute/ piccolo, violin, viola & cello |
| Cloven Dreams was commissioned as a companion work to Glass Sky, and centers around the interior and immediate exterior of the Owl House. Inspired by Hugh Tracey's African field recordings, and by a book about the artist Helen Martins, Reynolds writes in a unique voice flavored with jazz, European classical and African musical traditions. |