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- $20 - # 0708 - Lunsqui, Alexandre: Ligare for flute and percussion [8:15 min.] (includes 2 scores)
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The western flute and percussion families have natural counterparts in folkloric music the world over. Afro-Brazilian music is no exception. In Ligare, ('linked'), Brazilian composer Alexandre Lunsqui utilizes this natural affinity to great advantage. Ligare is a piece that literally links the two instrumental colors into a rapid flow of singular gestures. The performers are frequently connected in rhythmic unisons clearly informed by the Afro-Brazilian rhythmic vocabulary. Yet Lunsqui is not writing in imitation of such music. He transcends it with a sculptured sonic sensibility that is unmistakably modern and individual. Ligare links the contemporary with the folkloric, succeeding in a beautiful fusion representative of the celebratory aspects of musical globalization. (text by Greg Beyer) |
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Exabruptos 1 for clarinet and percussion was written at the beginning of 2004 and extensively revised first in October 2004 and again between March and April of 2005. This new version is dedicated to clarinetist Sarah Beaty and percussionist Alex Lipowski. Exabruptos 1 is the first of a series of pieces sharing both the same concept and the same title. "Exabruptos" is the Spanish word for "outbursts", and the entire series is intended to be a response to sudden outbursts of emotion. Composed in a single movement, the piece is characterized by abrupt and dramatic changes. Fast and loud passages follow slow and soft ones. The contrasting use of extreme registers between the clarinet and the percussion is also characteristic of the work. Many rhythmic elements derive, though freely interpreted, from Andean, Afro-Peruvian, and Afro-Caribbean music. Sample 1 (Click Arrow to Play) Sample 2 (Click Arrow to Play) |