A setting of Ariel's songs from the Tempest.  usually people who make settings of these make them whimsical, or a bit sad, but definitely light-sounding. Given that what Ariel is doing is lying through his teeth in order to screw with people's minds, I thought this was inappropriate, So this version is massively aggressive, deliberately consisting of very complex, ugly and frightening noises. By the end the uproar is so great that the drumkit is almost entirely inaudible. Nearly every sound is distorted to some extent, to make it uglier. 

Ariel's Song

A modern take on the baroque trio sonata: three flutes with continuo provided by a 'cello and tubular bells. The style is dodecaphonic and a bit experimental. In particular, the parts are written in quarter-tones throughout.

(Artwork By Dominique Signoret (signodom.club.fr) - Dominique Signoret (signodom.club.fr), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1003233)

Ariel's Song

Julian Porter

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