Student Composition Recitals
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Performer(s)
Ellen Raquet, violin
Kurtis DePree, cello
Recital Date
4-27-2015
Academic Year
2014-2015
Instrumentation
Violin and cello
Duration
2:48
Program Notes
I wrote this piece based on the first movement of a Ravel sonata. It is written primarily in the mode Locrian, which resembles a natural minor scale with a lowered second and a lowered fifth. It is commonly referred to as the darkest mode, which you may notice by the dissonance in this piece. Some staples of this piece are syncopation, rhythmic motifs, repeated melodic shapes, and, of course, dissonance. I called it Locrian Rain Dance, because the duet between the violin and cello remind me of fleet-footed routines. As you listen to the piece, try to feel the sense of yearning that underlies the piece. Let it remind you of a longing for rain.
Recital Program
Copyright
© 2015 Michael Carbaugh. All Rights Reserved
Keywords
Cedarville, music, composition
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Carbaugh, Michael, "Locrian Rain Dance" (2015). Student Composition Recitals. 96.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/music_composition_recitals/96
