Rough and Tumble
Otis Murphy, alto saxaphone
John Rommel, trumpet
Don Freund, piano
Brian Blume, percussion
Recorded March 1st, 2007 in Auer Hall, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
PROGRAM NOTES
Rough and Tumble not only conveys the character and attitude of this piece for mixed quartet, but also describes the micro-form of the opening gesture and the overall form of the piece. The first half of the work is a stringing together of several rough-hewn subjects; these yield to a 'Slow Tumble', a lyric passage entwining first the clarinet and trumpet, then the piano and marimba; this spills into a 'Fast Tumble' which scurries to a final reprise. The first two-measure kick-off phrase is also Rough and Tumble: rough stuttering block chords punctuated by a drumset yield to a single line which tumbles to a cadence.
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