Suite Cantabile - Woodwind Quintet

This piece was commissioned by 35 woodwind quintets and 22 individual commissioners in December, 2006. It was completed in April, 2007. The word 'cantabile' (in a singing style) refers to the long singing melodic lines that occur throughout most of the piece. In the first movement, these have a particularly Bachian flavor and are combined with African rhythms. The second movement is based on a half tone-whole tone scale and has sections influenced by funk rhythms alternating with more lyrical sections. The third movement is based on a modal minor blues progression, and the fourth combines lyrical melodies with rhythms influenced by South American music and jazz.

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