![]() This is his continuing effort to draw new American listeners into classical music through accessible simplicity and what should be familiar musical elements from popular culture. If his previous works might be called European-romantic styles, Robinson began to develop his American-romantic styles with this work that weaves urban pop and folk elements with common classical development techniques. Gigue Rondo for solo oboe 9:30 Gitcha Groove On! (2009) Listen to the live premiere featuring oboist Sally Pituch with CutTime Simfonica via this SoundCloud link: Alternate solo instruments include viola, flute, clarinet, and alto sax. The work is in G-major for solo oboe, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass. It is Americanized by a dreamy 2nd theme giving way to an extendable, improvisational “rock groove.” The middle section is a clever fugue juxtaposing 6/8 with hemiolas. This very lively 6/8 gigue in rondo form (ABACABA) is another inspired derivative this time from JS Bach’s 3rd cello suite. Idyll for solo English horn 8:30 Gigue Rondo for solo oboe and strings (2008) Listen to a synthesized performance via this SoundCloud link: The solo part also works for tenor saxophone, clarinet, or bassoon. This can be performed with English horn, 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass and should work with string orchestra. A full quote from the Mahler forms the first climax, followed by a yearning section in alternating 5/4 and 5/8. Gustav Mahler’s 9th Symphony offers the thematic and harmonic seed in D-major. This walk in a paradise garden illustrates Robinson’s talent for deriving meaningful expressions from very famous works. Introduction 12:20 Encounters 10:00 Fun & Games with Pastorale 10:30 Serenade 6:00 Celebrations 11:30 Idyll for solo English horn and strings (2008) Listen to a live performance by Chamber Music North on SoundCloud via these links: These are deeply emotional works with several lighter themes that include frequent humor, frolicking, an argument, and many obvious, dramatic surprises exploiting the richness of conventional composition techniques.įor sextet only, the complete length, taking all repeats, is 50-minutes. It was created to start his second outreach ensemble CutTime Simfonica® and a story that describes the first five stages of romantic love, including dating, sex, infatuation, merging, and a marriage proposal. Robinson’s first multi-movement work is a rich, melodic, memorable five-movement work for 2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello and double bass. 1 (After Sibelius) 20:00 Sextet for Strings in A-major (Mighty Love Suite) (2007) ![]() Listen to the premiere by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra via this SoundCloud link:Įssay No. It is worth noting Robinson reduced this orchestration for CutTime Players+ to dramatize Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech in 2003. The key is basically C-major and the Challenge level for large orchestra is 9. ![]() ![]() This fully romantic-style work, the bold orchestration, contrast and emotional conclusion set a high baseline for his subsequent works. Launching his composing career during his first decade transposing famous symphonic works for his first ensemble CutTime Players, Rick Robinson had a vivid dream with the beginning of this music after a famous quote of Jean Sibelius’ 3rd Symphony a quote that suggests the main theme and plays a recurring role. Listen to his live performance via SoundCloud.ĭouble bassists may downloadand enjoy playing this highly-virtuosic work for FREE. Technically the first complete composition by Rick Robinson, he began writing this set of popular variations after securing his first quality double bass during his junior year enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Original Variations on a Theme By Paganini for Unaccompanied Double Bass (1983) Robinson intends to offer them complete and free in the spirit of love and agape. And so, expect occasional mistakes and synthesized (MIDI) performances in the linked recordings. Only two of the tracks below have been commercially recorded. They offer satisfying alternatives to the modern listener, whether new to classical music or not. All of these works cut across the grain of critical avante garde aesthetics to modernize and even Americanize the common practice period of German-romantic tradition 150 years before. While never intending or studying to become a composer, CutTime Productions’ founding artistic director Rick Robinson, after transcribing the first two dozen symphonic works for the mixed octet CutTime Players, slowly began producing high-quality amateur compositions in 2003. ![]()
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