Ben Tibbetts Studio      Home    Services    Archive    Students    About    Contact    Now    Store    Subscribe Performance with Samantha O'Hare April 23, 2023 Birding In The Palisades by Amanda Harberg I. Eagles' Flight with Roderick Terrell on clarinet Video and Audio editing by Charles Norris Download this video as an mp4 file Birding In The Palisades by Amanda Harberg II. The Kingfisher and the Fish with Roderick Terrell on clarinet Video and Audio editing by Charles Norris Download this video as an mp4 file Birding In The Palisades by Amanda Harberg III. Crows with Roderick Terrell on clarinet Video and Audio editing by Charles Norris Download this video as an mp4 file Amazonia by Valerie Coleman Video and Audio editing by Charles Norris Program Notes from the composer: "The work begins at Sunrise with the sounds of nocturnal animals like frogs and insects enjoying the last parts of the night, with the sounds of croaking and leaves moving erratically throughout the foliage. Tree frogs, Tamarin monkeys, and macaws sing their sounds, while drips of dew fall from leaves, and provides a raindrop-esque motif throughout the first part of the work. The opening motif in the flute gives a fragmented taste of the grooves and rhythms found in Brazilian music. As the Amazonia scene is set, a simple melody emerges representing the carefree children of the Amazon, who innocently play throughout the jungle and river, immune to the dangers that lurk around them. The melody itself is a sweet dance that turns to a more mature stance that describes the peaceful pride of the tribal adults. Theirs is an intentional way of life that is unimpeded by technology and urban landscape, greed and crime. Following a brief flute cadenza, the section ends with a still life Sunset of reds, oranges and yellows. As the work unfolds, darker elements soon cloud the landscape, in a section called “Menacing.” The piano ominously marks the entrance of poachers and mercenaries into the rainforest, with an aggressive yet stealthy march. Their job is to drive out the tribes from the forest through intimidation and assault. Here the flute becomes the aggressor as its lower register articulates the word, fire in Morse code, as an impending signal to the burnings that will soon occur. Elements of Samba emerge within the following più mosso section, with the piano part dancing a macabre dance that symbolizes greed, as corporate interests circle the forest like vultures about to feast on the defenseless. Shouts, run, and anger precede the start of fire trickling through the rainforest, signified by a single note shared between the flute and the piano that chromatically undulates and becomes more intense as the fires build and consume. Amazonia ends on an intense panic of shrieks and screams. As the fires in the Amazon rainforest have decimated thousands of acres, we must remember the beauty of what once was." Download this video as an mp4 file Rising Oceans by Herman Beeftink Video and Audio editing by Charles Norris Download this video as an mp4 file Deep Blue by Ian Clarke Video and Audio editing by Charles Norris Program Notes from the composer: "Deep Blue is partly inspired by the ocean and whale song. Ian Clarke gave the first performances of the work at flute courses in the summer of 2012 with its US premiere at the Las Vegas 2012 NFA convention along with a performance at the BFS 2012 convention Manchester, UK." Download this video as an mp4 file  Ben Tibbetts Studio      Home    Services    Archive    Students    About    Contact    Now    Store    Subscribe Search     Copyright © 2006-2023 Ben Tibbetts change log