Dances of a Cold Night

Paden William Sharp, bass trombone, programme planning
Jalmari Lintunen, percussion
Jussi Markkanen, percussion
Pasi Helin, piano
Philip Zuckerman, violin
Ian Grems, double bass

Pablo de Sarasate: Three Spanish Dances for violin and marimba, Malagueña op. 21 no. 1, Playera op. 23 no. 1, Jota Navarra op. 22 no. 2 (duration 15′)
Anna Þorvaldsdóttir: Scape (duration 8′)
Daniel Schnyder: Tammuz & Kislev for bass trombone (duration 5′)
Domenico Dragonetti: Waltzes for double bass, no. 3 and 7 (duration 5′)
Blake Tyson: A cricket sang and set the sun (duration 6′)
Krzysztof Penderecki: Duo Concertante (duration 5′)
Aleksandr Scriabin: Two Nocturnes for piano trio, op. 5 (duration 7′)
Daniel Schnyder: subZERO, concerto for bass trombone and chamber ensemble (duration 18′)

This programme, which focuses on diverse soundscapes and tonal worlds, brings together an unconventional ensemble of instruments. The central theme of the evening is a wistful, melancholic approach to dance-inspired music, which gradually becomes increasingly colder and more desolate. Þorvaldsdóttir’s solo piano piece Scape creates misty tones, whilst Tyson’s work for marimba brings the light of sunset to the soundscape. The concert culminates, following Scriabin’s nocturnal moments, in Schnyder’s subZERO concerto, which moves as if below zero, in dark and cold tones.