Tag: clarinet

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Giraffes in Iowa

Giraffes in Iowa” composed and performed with guitar and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on January 3, 2025.
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The barest of minimums

“Walking pier” photographed at Harvey’s beach in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on October 20, 2024
:The barest of minimums” composed and performed with guitar and clarinet by Sanford Ross Bender on October 23, 2024

This instrumental may sound plaintive, but the more I listen, start to hear it as the breath of victory that arrives after an exhausting ordeal. It is an “on the road” piece in which the clarinet is only a student rental instrument that I play at a time when coincidentally my recording equipment also happens to not be performing properly. The guitar and clarinet improvise with sympathetic melodies that will never sound the same again; like hearing an invisible owl floating through the mist. SRB

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Soldier’s remorse

Coastal view from the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, New Harbor, Maine photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in July 6, 2024.
“Soldier’s remorse” composed and performed with guitar, clarinet, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on August 10, 2024.

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Summer solstice

These previously posted musical pieces celebrate heartfully the approaching summer solstice. SRB

“Bog iris” photographed at the Orono bog boardwalk in Maine by Sanford R. Bender on June 17, 2024.
“Following fireflies” composed and performed with banjo, dobro, and guitar by Sanford R. Bender in 2023.
“May I have this dance” composed and performed with dobro, banjo, and concertina by Sanford R. Bender in 2022.
“Carnival of bygone days” composed and performed with guitar, clarinet, and concertina by Sanford R. Bender in 2024.
“Satin Darkness” composed and performed with guitar and concertina by Sanford R. Bender in 2023.
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Big top

“Big top” painted and drawn with mixed media by Sanford Ross Bender
“Big top” composed and performed with clarinet, crash cymbal, and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on April 7, 2024

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Finding my way upstream

“Top of the hill” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in March 2024
“Finding my way upstream” composed and performed with banjo, clarinet, and guitar by Sanford R. Bender on April 6, 2024.
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Reading ballads of love and valor

“Reading ballads of love and valor” drawn with ink by Sanford R. Bender
“Reading ballads of love and valor” composed and performed by Sanford R. Bender with dobro, clarinet, and seagulls on March 24, 2024.
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Deep sleep

“Fast asleep” drawn with pen and ink by Sanford R. Bender
“Deep sleep” composed and performed with guitar, clarinet, bass, snare drum, and crash cymbal by Sanford R. Bender on March 21, 2024
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Carnival of bygone days

“Ocean City. NJ amusement park” photographed by Sanford R. Bender in the summer of 2023
“Carnival of bygone days” composed and performed with clarinet, concertina, and guitar by Sanford R. Bender on March 9, 2024.
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A glimpse of light

“Snow field ” drawn with pen and ink by Sanford Ross Bender on January 23, 1995
“A glimpse of light” composed and performed with guitar, clarinet, snare drum, and crash cymbal by Sanford Ross Bender on January 20, 2024.