Thursday, May 14, 2020

IMI Chamber Players performing "Healing Dances," an excerpt from Fred Onovwerosuoke's "Rhapsodies for Wind Quintet No. 3"

Fred Onovwerosuoke, Composer


Music with IMI Chamber Players in the throes of Covid-19 lockdown, https://youtu.be/tXZNcIpX3rA

With Wendy Hymes (flute), Carrie Smith (oboe), Mary Bryant (clarinet), Hank Skolnick (bassoon), and Peter Ulffers (horn), IMI Chamber Players performing "Healing Dances," an excerpt from Fred Onovwerosuoke's "Rhapsodies for Wind Quintet No. 3."
According to the composer: "'Healing Dances' alludes to homeopathic rituals comparative among 'Forest Peoples' in the central Africa region and Native Americans... A series of divination often culminating into a communal dance frenzy..."

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