Charke-Cormier Duo - Equation of Time (2022)

The concept of time is fascinating. All music exists in a linear dimension. The Equation of Time takes this fundamental aspect of music and explores four perspectives on how time flows: Movement 1, Slow-Slow Music, explores a slow tempo and slow material. Movement 2, Fast-Slow Music, explores a quick tempo with slow changing and static material. Movement 3, Slow-Fast Music, explores very fast ornamentation, but moving slowly through a cycle of pitches at a steady rate. And Movement 4, Fast-Fast Music, explores both fast tempi and fast material. Improvisation is important to this work. As such there are many ad libitum gestures. Movement 3 is left mostly to the imagination—reading through a sequence of pitches, performers are instructed to weave intricate ornamentations. Other improvisatory material is interwoven throughout the score.
Tracklist
01. Sambamar: No. 1, Chorinho pra loria
02. Sambamar: No. 2, Sambamar
03. Sambamar: No. 3, Chôro sem lágrimas
04. Sambamar: No. 4, Vamo Nessa
05. Sambamar: No. 5, São Paulo à noite
06. Sambamar: No. 6, Frevando na Rua
07. Canzona No. 2, F 8.02a "La Bernardinia” (Arr. for Flute & Guitar)
08. Sonata in A Minor (Arr. for Flute & Guitar): I. Affettuoso
09. Sonata in A Minor (Arr. for Flute & Guitar): II. Presto
10. Sonata in A Minor (Arr. for Flute & Guitar): III. Allegro
11. The Equation of Time: I. Slow-Slow Music
12. The Equation of Time: II. Fast-Slow Music
13. The Equation of Time: III. Slow-Fast Music
14. The Equation of Time: IV. Fast-Fast Music