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Nick Davies, Clarinet, Wesley Ducote, piano

A "cabinet of curiosities,” also known as a Wunderkammer, is an elaborate cupboard used as a repository of diverse and exotic objects, the assembly of which was a popular pastime for the affluent European of the 16th and 17th centuries. (The trompe l’oeil cabinet at left is by Andrea Domenico Remps, ca. 1620–1699.)

A typical cabinet would contain a wide array of small, rare and intriguing items drawn from the natural world (ornate coral and shells, bizarre insects), science (intricate clocks and toys, distorted mirrors), history (letters, relics, antiquities) and art (carvings, miniature paintings, figurines). imageCabinet of Curiosities presents a similarly diverse musical collection: six short pieces, each one with a somewhat peculiar and idiosyncratic character. The first imagines a still life painting in which one of the subjects is less than stationary. The second is a sort of vaulting dance, written as a musical palindrome. There follows an anamorphic fantasy on an old English folksong, a stately Baroque dance built on ascending and descending scales, and a billet doux for solo clarinet. The last movement is a set of rhythmic variations on the eleven-beat Bulgarian Kopanitsa rhythm.

Cabinet of Curiosities: 3. Early One Morning in a Convex Mirror

Amor ao Vento

Luzes da madrugada

A Silent Holiday

Plinio Herrera: ecos de una bandola nariñense

María Piedad (pasillo)

Cheerful Reflections

prélude à l'amour

Denkraum: Konzentrations Musik

Ruhige Lernmusik

Pensée Net: Musique de Concentration

Harmonie pour Le Âme

Caffè: Vibrazioni jazz mattutine e musica lounge rilassante per momenti positivi

Jazz e Relax per la Mattina

Song Without Words No.3 - The Evening
by the 19th Century French composer Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod - Romance sans paroles No.3 Le soir

Pianist and musicologist of Colombia origin. Upcoming albums and tours: Casa de fado (ft. Clara Rozo) and Indigenismo (ft. Carolina Plata). Official website: www.mesamartinez.com

María Piedad (pasillo)

Luis Gabriel Mesa Martinez

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