World-premiere commissioned piece for solo double bass and piano. The word “Argonauta” literally means, “sailor of the Argo,” but it can refer to either nautical adventurers or a specific genus of octopuses with large eyes and webbed tentacles—animals that live unusually close to the surface of the water. The dual meaning of the word was the starting point from which my imagination envisioned a story about sailors who are attacked by cephalopods. After beginning their journey, a crew is ambushed, at night, by creatures that wriggle toward them and overwhelm them with tentacles.
Jordan Jinosko, composer http://www.jordanjinosko.com
Jory Herman, double bass http://www.joryherman.com
Marina Pacowski, piano http://www.marinapacowski.com
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Recorded at California State University in Northridge (CSUN) in March 2024. Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall Funded in part by the Harmon Lewis Memorial Collaborative Keyboard Artists Award from the International Society of Bassists as well as the Community Arts Grant from the City of Burbank.
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