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About the Performers:
Walter Mony, violin/viola
Timothy Ehlen, piano
Joseph Edwards, clarinet
Calvin Lewis, violin
John Wilcox, violin
This recording is part of the Dana Recording Project and is sponsored by the New Music Society with additional support from the Dana School of Music, The Youngstown State University College of Fine and Performing Arts, and the Ohio Arts Council. Proceeds benefit the New Music Society Guest Artist and Young Composers Scholarship Funds. All music licensed by ASCAP
01: MOVEMENT IN RUPAK TAL
(Walter Mony, Calvin Lewis, violins) • The source of inspiration for this piece was the seminars led by the great Ravi Shankar in which Robert Rollin was a participant. The term Rupak Tal in North Indian music refers to the temporal and rhythmic organization. Here it is based on the Indian rhythmic syllables, Tin Tin Na / Dhi Na / Dhi Na, which transliterates in Western notation to 1-2-3 / 4-5 / 6-7, and which translates in this work to 7 / 8 time. The various strands of thematic lines seem to pass through a magic lantern as they are buffeted about, fragmented, inverted, augmented or compressed, all in a rambunctious tempo with the limping gait of 7 / 8. Melodic strands and rhythmic complexities take precedence over harmonic content. As in Indian Classical music, hemiola-like patterns periodically cloud the sense of meter which is reasserted when the two players reconverge on the downbeat. The ensemble intricacies evoke a heady and visceral experience for players and listeners alike.
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Legends, Ceremonials, and Prayer
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