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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
Composer: GOSS Stephen
DO 1048
Advanced
ISBN: 978-2-89503-823-8&am
Chamber music
40 p. + separated parts
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)