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Less vibrato?

Thanks to my (jazz) flautist buddy Carol Sudhalter, I went to the New York Flute Club’s October program.

Robert Langevin, flute, and Min Young Kang, piano, presented a program in honor of Maurice Ravel’s 150th birthday. It was all so very beautiful.

Shout out to a young composer, C.R.R. Klevin, whose Sonata (2024) was wonderful.

Inspired by this evening I googed my way to this fun overview:

I encourage you to seek out more music videos featured on YouTube, or wherever you watch and listen.

Rhythmic

Drums are a mystery.

Well, a greater mystery since any musical instrument is beyond my abilities.

Drums were my rumination as I attended the concert by an ensemble the Anderson Twins gathered at Symphony Space. [Mari S Gold will review shortly.]

The drums take the percussive lead, of course, but they whisper subtly when coaxed by a brush.

There is so much less bravado in their rhythms when the drums are brushed rather than beaten.

Near Symphony Space