| ‘TWO SEXTETS’ 1998 -
2000 MARC DAVID DECKER AS WITH HOLY MOUNTAIN, THIS C.D. FOLLOWS THE THEME OF G-D, MYSTICISM, MEANING AND NATURE OF LIFE, AND SO ON. THE FIRST SEXTET ENTITILED THE SPELL OF MATTER IS WRITTEN FOR FLUTE, CLARINET, OBOE / ENGLISH HORN, BASS CLARINET, VIOLIN AND PIANO THE PIECE IS QUITE DISSONANT ALTHOUGH I WOULDN’T DESCRIBE IT AS ATONAL (AT LEAST NOT ENTIRELY). HOWEVER, IT’S PERVASIVE RHYTHMIC QUALITY ACTS WELL TO COUNTER THE DISSONANCE. THE PIECE IS WRITTEN IN SIX MOVEMENTS AND IS EXTREMELY MODERN. IT RECEIVED TWO AWARDS AND WAS PREFORMED AT MY UNDERGRADUATE RECITAL. THE SECOND SEXTET FEATURED ON THIS C.D. IS CALLED REAL SUITE. IT IS WRITTEN IN ONLY THREE MOVEMENTS AND WAS PERFORMED AT MY GRADUATE RECITAL. WATCH FOR THE DOUBLE CANON IN THE SLOW SECOND MOVEMENT. THIS SMALL PIECE IS AS TONAL AND ROCKIN’ AS YOU PLEASE. THE SCORE CALLS FOR ALTO FLUTE / FLUTE, PIANO / CELESTE, HARPSICHORD, PERCUSSION, CELLO AND VIOLA. TOGETHER, THE TWO SEXTETS ON THIS C.D. CONTAIN NINE MOVEMENTS (4,322,018 NOTES) LASTING 33:55. YEAH BUDDY. |