The Forest by Michael Robinson

Azure Miles Records ~ The Music of Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson

The Forest

1. The Waterfall (1992) 10.20 (three movements)

Meruvina ~ flute, clarinet, wind bells, shamisen, strings, xylophone, marimba, percussion

2. Annunciation (1989) 5.05

Meruvina: electric piano

3. Fresh Leaves (1994) 3.05

Meruvina ~ shamisen, trumpet, clarinet, violin, cello, clavichord

4. Dawn and Day (1990) 4.42

Meruvina ~ clarinet, celesta, strings

5. Found Objects (1994) 5.00

Meruvina ~ recorder, french horn, oboe, electric bass, trumpet, synthesizer, percussion

6. The Forest (1994) 13.07 (four movements)

Meruvina ~ acoustic bass, strings, synthesizers, violin, flute, clarinet, clavichord, electric piano, vibraphone, timpani, percussion

7. Green Palms (1990) 9.59

Meruvina ~ synthesizers

8. Purple Clouds (1989) 4.16

Meruvina ~ organ, sho, electric bass, percussion

	The Waterfall
	Annunciation
	Fresh Leaves
	Dawn and Day
	Found Objects
	The Forest
	Green Palms
	Purple Clouds

Purchase CD

The opening music of The Waterfall was inspired by bird songs heard while walking in Beverly Hills. The second movement suggests the serenity of mist rising from a Hawaiian jungle pool underneath a waterfall. The concluding music sparkles like a school of tropical fish playing beneath the water of the pool.

Annunciation was inspired by a medieval painting of the same name which I viewed while visiting Florence, Italy.

Fresh Leaves features exotically tuned instruments of wood and brass, along with plucked, bowed and struck string instruments.

Dawn and Day was inspired by hearing of my younger sister's first child being born.

Found Objects is made with a wide range of instrumental sounds spread over two contrasting movements.

The Forest is the last of ten multi-movement pieces I composed for my first midi sound module. Like the preceding works, it features a variety of instrumental timbres, textures, speeds, intensities and moods, brought together into an individual shape.

Green Palms is a meditation composed while living in Kapalua, Maui. It was inspired by the palm trees growing around a nearby pool.

Purple Clouds, the very first composition for my first MIDI sound module, was also composed in Kapalua. It employs the wild sound of the sho, along with exotic percussion, and the surprising entrance of a large church organ.

The music on this recording was composed between 1989 and 1994.

- Michael Robinson, December 1999, Lahaina