7 minutes
Clarinet in A and piano
Ragas are precise melody forms where improvisational melody solely determines the movements and transitions in a piece. Similarly, this piece does use melody lines initiatied by the clarinet and mirrored by the piano to scult the direction of the music, but unlike traditional ragas, traditional free improvisation is not used.I did not intend to write a true raga, although when I was listening to them, I wished to replicate the never-ending spiritual quality I experienced when listening to Indian classical music recordings. The piano acts as the tambura, the drone instruments in the background, and the piece features the clarinetist, highlighting subtle turns and stresses on particular notes.
Performance by Timothy Bonenfant and Martha Saywell at the Music by Women Festival. Raga begins at 30:35
