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 PLAY MP3 CLIP(live demo) Musicians: Rozalind MacPhail (Flute), Michael Westwood (Clarinet),
Michele Jacot (Bass Clarinet) Producer/Engineer: Frank Horvat
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After a significant amount of study on the Theme & Variations
musical form, I was ready to put my own stamp on it. Compositionally,
I find it interesting how the form allows you to stray far away
from your original basic theme. I took this philosophy to the
extreme with my treatment :
- Theme: Regal, Noble, tonal, lyrical, smooth, classical
in approach
- 1st Variation: Sad, Sombre, still tonal and smooth,
but in a minor key instead and with changes in rhythm
- 2nd Variation: Vivace, lively, faster, more rhythmic
and dissonant, atonal
- 3rd Variation: Marcato, well marked, pointillistic
texture alla Webern
- 4th Variation: Maestoso, majestic, back to lyrical
and classical approach
The word Montrose in the title refers to the street in Toronto
where I had my first apartment.
- Frank Horvat
LT#03, composed in 1995
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