Dumka No. 1

"Dumka No.1"
Composed by: Mike Romaniak

Event: Intimate Echoes: An Afternoon of Sax and Piano
Hall: Gallery 345
Date: Nov 6, 2011
Performed by: Chelsea Shanoff (saxophone), and Teresa Vaughan (piano).

Program Notes: The term 'dumka', which translates from the Ukrainian language literally as 'a thought', has been a term adopted by many Slavic composers (Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, etc). This particular piece is written in an energetic and driven seven pattern, which is a strong tradition in Balkan countries. The middle section opens up to feature a soloistic soprano saxophone line that is influenced by music found in the Carpathian mountains of Ukraine, Poland, and Slovakia. The instrument that's often heard in those regions is a wooden recorder-like instrument called a Sopilka.

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