Cara Haxo, composer
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Ripple (2018)

flute, bassoon (or bass clarinet)
c. 4 minutes 30 seconds

Premiered by Jeffrey Chapman (flute) and Cameron Joublin (bassoon)
Collier House, Eugene, OR, 3 June 2018

Live recording by Synergy 78 (Carol Shansky, flute, and Michelle Kiec, bass clarinet)
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Mississippi University for Women Kossen Auditorium, Columbus, MS, 9 March 2024
Cara Haxo · Ripple, for flute and bass clarinet (2018)
Ripple is, in essence, a game of registers. Throughout the work, the flute and bassoon crisscross in an undulating pattern in the range they share. At the same time, they create a melody by alternating notes from their outer registers. After a more florid passage in the flute, the duo hesitantly returns to its opening material, bringing the work to its close. Listen in particular for the rapidly increasing distance between the flute and bassoon as they push toward their extreme registers at the climax of the piece, culminating in an aggressive crescendo in both instruments.
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