7/20: Line C3’s forthcoming studio recording of Carl Schimmel’s Serving Size 4 Bunnies featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Our little secret (about the expressive capabilities of doggie squeaky toys in serious concert music) is out, everybody. We’ve known this for a while, but when NPR heard about it… look out.
What you are hearing from about 1:30 to 3:30 is my percussion group’s recently finished (and unreleased) recording of Serving Size 4 Bunnies. We are really excited to get this unexpected mini-preview, featured as part of a segment about the young composer Carl Schimmel on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
I think the story was really well done, specifically Carl’s comments about why he is writing this absurdist music. For us, we were just really excited about the piece because it is not only brilliantly crafted compositionally, but also fun to play and hilarious to watch. The only bit I was disappointed with was the actual choice of excerpts used… mostly of similar character. The rest of the piece has a great range of moods, and squeaky toy techniques to match.
We are looking into distribution options for this recording, along with the other one we just finished: Ryan Streber’s Cold Pastoral. If you are interested in either piece, email me and I can let you know when they become available.
Now to see if I can get listed in the union book under “squeaky toy”…