Mixtape #042

An excerpt from composer Stephanie Griffin's "Greener Hills" for 7 bassoons and viola, dedicated to the jazz bassist Hilliard Greene.

Live world premiere performance

Recorded by Ben Manley, live from the Ukrainian Restaurant Space in NYC

September 28, 2017

Tara Simoncic, conductor
Stephanie Griffin, viola

Bassoonists (in alphabetical order):
Alden Banta
Nanci Belmont
Edward Burns
Erik Höltje
Shotaro Mori
Sara Schoenbeck
Dirk Wels [contrabassoon]

Special thanks to Sara Schoenbeck for putting together this stellar group of bassoonists!

Greener Hills for 7 bassoons and viola (2017): Excerpt

葉月(August)

Art work: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C5%8D_mask_-_Deigan_Type.JPG

flute-like voices: Vocaloid Yukari

窓の外　凶暴に夏　立ち騒ぐ

Outside my window, the blustery summer is in full swing.

葉月(Hazuki)

葉月 (Hazuki)

Sounds only produced with my breath and a piece of bamboo. 
Several superimposed such improvisations, no additives.
 
Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia), 26 July 2023.

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