Richards: Thread for English Horn and Cello Genre_Trios

Richards: Thread for English Horn and Cello Genre_TriosCode: JP1106 ISMN: 979 0 3019 0639 2 William E. Stafford (1914 to 1993) wrote a short poem, just 26 days before he died, entitled "The Way It Is". The poem is reflective, but not sentimental, and the words are the inspiration for Paul Richards' 'Thread' for English Horn and Cello. The work was written in 2019 for the Helton Thomas Saxophone Cello Duo and later revised for English Horn and Cello. It is meant to be a companion piece to Paul Richards'

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Obvious errors in rhythm and pitch have been corrected and a few slurs have been added for consistency and to clarify the melodic line

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gives evidence that the Vocalise was first played by Koussevitzky in an instrumental arrangement for double bass and orchestra in a December

This work is the culmination of the works that Canfield has written for Kenneth Tse to date

and started his bassoon studies there at age 12

'prison blues'

Several other sharp bursts appear

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He was a student of Georges Gillet and

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