Music [ Voluntary Duo]

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

I developed this short DUO based upon the initial solo [ voluntary] written just before it was composed also.

The instruments begin in unison and then derivate a little, with simple supporting chord here and there.  Each instrument responds to the other, but it is not a duet or competition, instead a gentle interplay between two contrasting voices.

It's a 'Voluntary' in the tradition of such [trumpet voluntaries etc..] I used my new wooden musical friend "Chalumeau" in C [ no extension lever on it] ..alongside the concertina, and then I put it all together. They are both reed-based instruments, the chalumeau, with its cane organic single reed, and concertina with its steadier metal reeds gives an unusual mix of sound.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlMVTaH-8kQ