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The Waning Moments of Raphus Cucullatus

 

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“The Waning Moments of Raphus Cucullatus” is a musical narrative of the last moments of the last dodo bird. The piece was inspired by a passage in journalist/author David Quammen’s fascinating book, “The Song of the Dodo”, which imagines just such a moment and meditates on what extinction really means.

The last living dodo was seen by a marooned Dutch sailor on an islet near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean in 1662. The species likely went extinct shortly thereafter.

Written for accordion, bass accordion, and electric guitar, the original composition was created in 2013, and recorded in 2017.

Released November 17, 2020

Peter Flint, accordion and bass accordion
Ben Kaplan, guitar

Mixed and edited by Peter Flint.
Recorded at the Barn at Flint Woods, Delaware, 2017.

Music Piano and Electronics

towardthecurveA fantastic new recording of my piece, ElectroSonata:Spontaneous Combustion, has just been put out on the Oberlin Music record label as part of the Towards The Curve cd, bluray, and digital download release. The incomparable Thomas Rosenkranz plays the heck out of it in an absolutely pristine sounding surround and stereo recording. If you buy the CD, you get both it both formats, a great deal.

In addition to my music, there are fabulous pieces for piano and electronics by Tom Lopez, Peter Swendsen, Aurie Hsu, Michael Klingbell, Pierre Jalbert, and Alex Christie; all tied together by lovely improvised piano interludes by Tom Rosenkranz himself. It’s really one of the best compilation records I’ve ever heard, and it really hangs together as one artistic statement. Check it out!

You can find it on Naxos Direct here or on Amazon here.

Fantastic Music

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Rock-and-roll inspired chamber music by Michael Gandolfi, Jonathan Newman, Conrad Cummings, David Laganella, Richard Belcastro, and Peter Flint. (more…)