Raven, by Edward Knight
Performed by David Steffens (marimba) and Chad E. Burrow (clarinet)
Video & Editing - Alexander Knight
Recording Engineer – Colton Hines
Mixing & Mastering Engineer – Or Kribos
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ABOUT THE PIECE:
RAVEN (2004) 12’
Written for and dedicated to Chad E. Burrow, clarinet and David Steffens, marimba
Stories of heroes who steal light from the gods stretch from Prometheus of ancient Greece to the Native American creation tales of the Pacific Northwest. The Tsimshian tribe tells of the time the trickster Raven brought light to the world.
I. Darkness All the world is cold and darkness. The people stumble around, unable to see. Raven takes pity on them as they discuss their plight. He tells them of the lakeside home of the Sky Chief, who keeps all the light of the world in an ornate wooden box in his home. Despite the people’s misgivings, Raven flies off to set his plan into action.
II. Pine Needle Floating Raven transforms himself into the needle of a hemlock tree as it falls toward a stream. The needle is pulled downstream by the current, bobbing among the whorls and eddys. The chief’s daughter arrives by the stream. The marimba echoes her movements as the needle positions itself to float near her. Their dance becomes one as the girl scoops the needle in her drinking cup, swallows the needle with the water, and conceives new life.
III. Light Several months later, the girl has given birth to a raven-haired child, the chief’s first grandson. He is curious and demanding, pointing at the artifacts hanging from the rafters of the longhouse. The doting chief tries to please the boy by taking down the items one by one. The child is not easily soothed, and keeps pointing at the large wooden box surrounded by a halo of light. He squawks relentlessly:I want the box I want the box I want the box The box The box. Exasperated, the chief reaches for his greatest treasure and gives it to the boy. As the child flings the lid open, the sun bursts out, and the boy transforms back into Raven. He flies out the smokehole with the sun in the beak and flings the sun into the sky, where it remains today.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Composer Edward Knight is a "fresh, original voice" with "an inventive sense of humor" (Bernard Holland, The New York Times) who creates music that is "visceral in its excitement" (John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune). His work eschews easy classification, moving freely between jazz and concert worlds. His music has been performed on five continents by ensembles ranging from Oklahoma-based Duo Clarion to the New York Philharmonic, in venues as varied as the "Meet in Beijing" Festival to the Hollywood Bowl, by artists ranging from Kelli O’Hara to Paul Neubauer to Marquita Lister.
FULL BIO HERE: http://www.edwardknight.com/#!biograp...
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
DAVID STEFFENS is principal percussionist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. He is a recording artist, clinician, educator and champion of new music who has directed the percussion program at the Bass School since 1997.
As a founding member of the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, Steffens is featured on four internationally released CDs on the DMP recording label -- Different Strokes, The Gamut, The World Music Tour, and Lift-Off – and on Albany Records’ The Percussion Music of David Maslanka. A Percussive Notes review of Different Strokes declared: "This might well be the most artistic balance and blend of percussion music ever recorded."
He is an artist/clinician for Yamaha Percussion, Black Swamp Percussion, Bosphorus Cymbals, and Vic Firth Mallets.
FULL BIO HERE:
http://www.okcu.edu/music/faculty-sta...
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CHAD BURROW is recognized as one of the premiere clarinetists of his generation. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in concert halls across the globe. The European press has said that Chad performs with “brilliant technique and tonal beauty mixed with an expressive ferocity.” Danish critic, Henrik Svane, went on to describe a performance as filled with "virtuosity, energy, and power without compromise." The New York Times recently called a Carnegie Hall appearance in Poulenc’s, Sonata, as giving a “strong impression” and being a “bright and genial account.”
FULL BIO HERE:
http://www.chadburrow.com/bio
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