Excellent performance of my Harlequin Sonata by Ella Hebrard

It is really remarkable when musicians play music I have written with a real sense of musical personality. And I want to give a big (because it is contrabassoon) and public (because it is a blog) "thank you" to Ella Hebrand for including this piece on her University of Michigan master's recital, and to both musicians for playing it so beautifully, and with so much character.



Because of the range and the poor quality of most computer speakers, you will want to use headphones to hear everything.

Here is Maurice Sand's portrait of a Harlequin listening. Maurice was George Sand's son, just in case you are curious about him and about the drawing. He doesn't have to wear headphones because he is a drawing made long before headphones were invented. Or even needed.