Evening

Sunset

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

Huron Carol for Woodwind Trio and Piano
Arranged by Charles J. Torian, Jr.

Published by Hummingbird Music Publishers, LLC
www.hummingbirdmusic.com

Huron Carol

prélude à l'amour

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8. Julklapp (Weilnachtsgabe), Op. 12 II. Andante cantabile

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8. Julklapp (Weilnachtsgabe), Op. 12 II. Andante cantabile

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