Suite No. 1 in E minor for unaccompanied bassoon

کوچولو - حمید جبلی / ایرج طهماسب

مارشهرام ناظری - دلا نزد کسی بنشین / که او از دل خبر دارد

Composer: Malihe Saidi
Vocal: Hamid Jebeli
Album: Sabzeye rize mize
Genre: Child Music

سبز بهار- حمید جبلی

Composed and Conducted by Louis Josephson
Text by Isabel Allende

Maggie Valdman, mezzo-soprano
Sean Marron, flute
Joshua Choi, clarinet
Megan Neuman, bassoon
Marina Lee, piano

Performed at The Juilliard School Pre-College Composition Senior Recital on April 13, 2019, in Paul Hall.

Reflections On "In Giving I Connect With Others"

Mov. 1 - Allemande

Mov 2 - Corrente

Mov 3 - Sarabande

Mov 4 - Giga

Mov 5 - Sicilienne

“Worker 21486 - Life and Death in the Hive” is an orchestral piece that describes the life - and eventual death - of a worker bee. Known only by her number, she is just one of the tens of thousands of bees in a large colony. 

This piece was inspired by poems written by two women, about a century apart. “The Bee,” written by Emily Dickinson, is an upbeat description of a bee’s daily life. “The Death of the Bee,” written by Linda Pastan, is a more somber reflection on the decline of bees around the world, not just the death of an individual bee. 

In this piece, I use texture and color as compositional parameters. Musically speaking, I started thinking in this direction when I got the chance to play John Adams’ “The Chairman Dances” with my school orchestra. That got me to listening to his other works, especially the first movement of “Harmonielehre” which is a musical inspiration for this piece.

Worker 21486 - Life And Death In The Hive

Durham Rangers

Mov. 1 - Allemande

Marco A Jimenez

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