Audio
Melusina Calls to the Loon
Transcript
The composition opens with a slow, suspicious tone characterized by low notes of a cello. Slowly, violin begins to emerge and raspy flute notes increase the tones of suspicion. Everything ceases. Low and slow cello notes begin again. A clarinet, low and quiet, hums. A slow and reserved melody is introduced and the violin whines. Whimsical flute pairs with a high-pitched violin, and tempo increases slightly. Flute makes long and slow notes, spiraling downwards. A whining violin follows. Everything ceases. Cello and violin pair to create a foreboding sound. Violin continues to whine. Flute is reintroduced and plays a hopeful melody. Violin harmonizes for a hopeful melody. Everything ceases. Violin restarts with slow and low notes, slowly increasing the tempo once joined by long, melodic flute notes. Violin continues to increase the tempo, with a lingering, high-pitched whistle from the flute. Suddenly, violin breaks into a fast, fiddle-like song. Intensity increases. Violin hits high notes complemented by repeated, short symbols. Then, everything slows. Violin solo creates a wheezy, slow melody. The composition then takes a more somber tone, with rotating between low and slow violin notes and fast and high violin notes. The composition concludes with long and slow solo violin notes. A crowd claps for the performance.
Description
For Violin and Chamber Orchestra with The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, Cori Somers, violin – Recorded at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Houghton, MI (2002).
Duration
11 minutes, 51 seconds
Credit
Composed by Libby Meyer
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