Beautiful writing for the bass clarinet and very much with the sensibility of 'mono no aware.' @heather_roche gives a wonderful performance here.

This has mystery, thoughtfulness and depth

Wow, lovely to hear all the nuanced characteristics of the bass clarinet brought out in a piece. Kudos to both of you on creating a compelling sonic environment full of rich mystery

stunning expressive writing and playing : ) evocative

Love the transistions from the melody line to those deep resonate notes.  A beautifully expressive perfomance of an original, thought provoking and accomplished work.

Score video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcABgUc03_Q

Piece for bass clarinet and electronics.

Performed by Heather Roche:
https://soundcloud.com/heather_roche

Composed April 2020

"Mono no aware (物の哀れ), literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life."
https://web.archive.org/web/20200529083756/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware

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'Mono No Aware' for bass clarinet and electronics (2020)

Composer, contrapuntist.

Website: https://www.piershudson.com
Social Media: https://linktr.ee/piershudsoncomposer
Email: piershudson@mail.com

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