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Martin ARNOLD
“The Spit Veleta”
The second CD in the Canadian Composers Series contains three recent works by the Toronto-based composer Martin Arnold, played by Mira Benjamin (violin) and Philip Thomas (piano). Three linked pieces by the maverick Toronto-based composer who says that his music aspires to sound like “slow-motion dance music recorded underwater in a methadone clinic”. Solos for piano and violin, plus a duo for both instruments, played by Mira Benjamin and Philip Thomas. In his introductory essay to the booklet accompanying the Canadian Composers CDs, Nick Storring quotes a comment that Arnold made about one of his earlier works, highlighting a quality which Storring feels applies to a large part of Arnold’s compositional output: “The piece is not intended to be demonstrative but rather placidly elusive; it is not meant to sound recognizably innovative but rather disorientingly (but quietly and good-naturedly) perverse.”
“Points & Walzes” (2012) performed by Philip Thomas, piano. “Slip Minuet” (2014) performed by Mira Benjamin, violin. “The Spit Veleta” (2015) performed by Mira Benjamin, violin and Philip Thomas, piano.
“Points & Walzes” (2012) performed by Philip Thomas, piano. “Slip Minuet” (2014) performed by Mira Benjamin, violin. “The Spit Veleta” (2015) performed by Mira Benjamin, violin and Philip Thomas, piano.
14,00€