Ecstatic Cling by FRANK FELICE, composer published on 2022-02-28T00:56:57Z Bassoonist Mark Ortwein approached me about five years ago with an idea for writing a piece where he could perform much like a rock guitar player would, sending his amplified bassoon through a number of effects stomp pedals. Our original plans were for some kind of a solo piece which then morphed into this piece, upping the ante to include amplified CONTRABASSOON as well as adding a complete wind ensemble to accompany and play against the intrepid (mad) bassoonist. This piece’s title includes some of my typical ‘punishment’ word play (of course) as well as aptly describes a number of musical elements featured throughout the work: numerous clingy harmonic major/minor seconds in chords and diads, constant drumming, and myriad velcro-cling effects by the soloist all wrapped up in a kind of snarky, quasi-anxiously-stoned-avant-garde-acid-jazz aesthetic. Led by a virtuosic, neo-hep-kat bassoonist…. naturally. commissioned by and composed for that mondo-awesome bassoonist, Mark Ortwein live performance by Mark Ortwein and the University of Indianapolis Wind Ensemble, cond. by Jon Noworta Genre Classical Comment by Angelus Resonance A masterpiece! Great work! 2022-03-01T00:06:24Z