WEBSTER - SONATA CHO-CHO-SAN FLU/CLA/PNO

WEBSTER - SONATA CHO-CHO-SAN FLU/CLA/PNOIn the spirit of the great 19th century opera fantasies for woodwinds, Michael Webster has created a concert trio on the many great arias from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. However, as its name implies, Sonata Cho Cho San is not the typical virtuosic operatic potpourri. Rather, it follows the plot, resembling a sonata mirroring Puccini's use of recurring and developing themes. Webster makes the most of the winds as versatile performers equally suited to

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Fragments of the melody to come tease the listeners' ear in the engaging introduction and when the full-blown melody is finally stated flowing eighth note lines in the inner voices frame and elevate the lofty sustained melody

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