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The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
  • 01. The Black Hole Terrace

  • 02. Snail Mound

  • 03. Soliton Gates

  • 04. The Nonsense

  • 05. Quark Walk

  • 06. Two Ways to Paradise

  • 07. Jumping Bridge

  • 08. The Garden of The Six Senses

  • 09. The Symmetry Break Terrace

  • 10. Octagonia

  • 11. The Snake Mound

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Composer: GOSS Stephen

DO 1048

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ISBN: 978-2-89503-823-8&am

Chamber music

40 p. + separated parts

Description

Violin, cello, bass clarinet and piano

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation can be performed in its entirety, or in one of the following selections of movements.


Selection 1    10’30”
2         The Snail Mound                       
7        Jumping Bridge                    
8         The Garden of the Six Senses             
11         The Snake Mound                        
At the end of The Snail Mound, there should be a brief pause before the bass clarinet low D from bar 84 of Two Ways to Paradise appears from silence. When the note has been sounding for a few seconds, the pianist begins Jumping Bridge. The Snake Mound begins as written, except that the cello enters in bar 2.

Selection 2      15’00”
1         The Black Hole Terrace                
2         The Snail Mound                    
8         The Garden of the Six Senses             
9         The Symmetry Break Terrace            
10        Octagonia                        
11        The Snake Mound                                                         

Selection 3       8’45” 
1         The Black Hole Terrace        
2         The Snail Mound                    
3         Soliton Gates                    
4         The Nonsense                        

Selection 4      11’20”                                     
4         The Nonsense                    
5         Quark Walk                        
6         Two Ways to Paradise                 
7         Jumping Bridge                    
8         The Garden of the Six Senses


“The Garden of Cosmic Speculation feels timeless – at once prehistoric and futuristic. And despite being inspired by intellectual rigour, the atmosphere is peaceful, even playful.”
The Times (London) 
 

“A real masterpiece of chamber music.”
John Williams (Soundboard)

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