work in progress - for review only, not for distribution
composed in May 2004
The simplest canon is a round, that goes round and round. Remember "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream" ?
The first voice starts. A few seconds later, the next voice repeats what the first voice started. You can keep
going forever. Pachel's famous canon has also an ostinato in the bass.
I first wrote this canon in the wind for two wind instruments with which I was most familiar: flute and bassoon.
When it came to performing it, I couldn't find a bassoonist who was available. I met an exchange student from Norway who was eager
to show me the viola. So I replaced the bassoon with a viola. It begins like this:
And ends like this:
Like all my earlier pieces, this one is short.
Premiered by Miren Ceberio (violin) and Allard Hartkamp (cello) on 10 November 2004 in
Utrecht Conservatory Composers Concert, room K108.
MP3 file (2.2 MB, 2 min 27 sec) Canon in the Wind for violin and cello, live recording 10 November 2004
MP3 file (2.8 MB, 2 min 30 sec) Canon in the Wind for flute and viola, live recording 10 November 2004
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