Classical Music Discoveries

Episode 3: 20003 Four Experiments


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Note:This is EXPERIMENTAL music.  If this is not your "cup of tea", just skip it.  No need to complain about it.Thank you.Prolific jazz trumpeter and composer Nate Wooley today released a four-disc box set, Four Experiments– a boundary-defying “anti-instruction-manual” to developing musical technique. Praised by The New York Times for “music of disarming intimacy,” Wooley has crafted Four Experiments as a collection of study pieces where the goal is not step-by-step instruction through known methods, but a guide to charting the uncharted. With an emphasis on expanding knowledge and loosening preconceived attitudes, Wooley’s “experiments” offer insights on composition and improvisation while infusing a uniquely human element: exploring the idea of authorship in contemporary music, mining the complexity of human interaction, and daring to find value in experiencing failure. Four Experiments TracklistExperiment One: “Bray Trumpets, Blow forever in my head!”     1. Experiment One (Solo) [27:01]     2. Experiment One (Duo) [31:51]Experiment Two: “The voices of the poor, like birds That thud against a sullen pain,”      3. Experiment Two (Solo) [18:21]     4. Experiment Two (Ensemble) [20:35]Experiment Three: “Touched lips and quiver, as though these worn things...”     5. Experiment Three (Solo) [22:54]     6. Experiment Three (Duo I) [6:46]     7. Experiment Three (Duo II) [8:39]     8. Experiment Three (Duo III) [8:00]Experiment Four: “I am dizzy looking at their faces;”     9. Experiment Four (Solo) [18:21]     10. Experiment Four (Trio) [20:35]Total Time: 3:03:03
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