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2018
Bass Clarinet
Clarinet
Piano
Violin
- Program Notes
- You’re trying to describe something to someone – an object, a concept, an idea, a memory – but however you try to go about describing it, you don’t quite manage to get to the core of the thing – you skim around the topic, relay certain details, related ideas, fragmented glimpses – but never managing to give it’s essence with clarity, always hazed and obscured . . . Small Round Strangely Furry with Spots Stripes and Other Patterns is like this kind of experience. At its core are just a handful of musical ideas – short melodies, themes, rhythmic patterns – only two or three; though at no point are these heard clearly. The trio’s actual musical substance are abstractions from these core ideas, alluding to the themes, echoing and augmenting the rhythms, constantly trying to focus in on different facets of the core material, which then spin out to develop new material related to it. Slowly parts drift on musical tangents, the texture becomes more complex, parts conflict and the core of the material becomes obscured/obstructed – while the core musical ideas are always present in some way, they are always shifting in and out of focus.
- Recording Notes
- Performed by Jonathan Leeds – clarinets Maja Horvat – violin Joe Howson – piano Release title - Small Round Strangely Furry With Spots Stripes and Other Patterns [EP] Release date - January 11th, 2024 Genres - contemporary classical Catalogue: 4K38 Mixed and Produced by Connor D’Netto and Seb Zel Mastered by Lawrence English This project was made possible with the support of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
- Record Label
- 4000 Records
- Performer Credits
- Jonathan Leeds (clarinets), Maja Horvat (violin), Joe Howson (piano)
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