Night Rituals, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano
I’m back to work on a new piece for eighth blackbird. This one, entitled Night Rituals is for the full eighth blackbird instrumentation (flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano), and focuses on three pre-Christian Western rituals as its inspiration.
The first movement, “Ch’ab’,” is inspired by a Mayan bloodletting ritual. It is as [...]