Ostinatrio

for three recorders by Anne Ku

work in progress - for review only, not for distribution

18 December 2005

I wanted to write for my classmates Hidesato, Yorgos, and Inigo - and after hearing them play the Sonata in G Minor
with Ji Yun, the baroque cellist, I decided that I had to drop the cello and focus on the recorders.
Coincidentally my composition classmate Femke introduced me to minimal music piece Canto Ostinato.
This made me curious. In the library, I listened to the music of John Adam, Steve Reich, Philip Glass.
That gave me an idea --- but I had minimall time to write this piece.

Minimal music, limitation of compass, what do you do with three instruments from the same family?

 

Ostinatrio for three recorders by Anne Ku

debut - 15 November 2005, Utrecht Conservatory chapel

second performance - 2 December 2005, Utrecht Conservatory concert hall

alto recorder, tenor recorder, bass recorder

PDF (136 kB, 5 pages)

midi file (please be patient, you'll soon hear it)

mp3: live recording, 15 November 2005 (4.8 MB, 4 min 16 sec)

Performed by
Hidesato Sugiyama, alto recorder
Yorgos Pavlakos, tenor recorder
Inigo Aguilar, bass recorder

Ostinatoboe

transposed for 2 oboes and 1 English horn

more dynamic expression possible

PDF (139 kB, 5 pages)

midi file

 

What other instruments would sound good?

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