Description
Zoe & Xena: A Romp in the Park for piccolo and bass clarinet by Daniel Dorff
Duration: 7 minutes
Following the release of Leonard Garrison and Shannon Scott's Albany CD of Dorff's Two Cats and other flute/clarinet duets, The Scott-Garrison Duo commissioned Dorff to even the score with a sequel celebrating their two dogs, Xena and Zoe, young and exuberant Labrador retrievers. Rather than composing for flute/clarinet duo, Dorff instead chose piccolo and bass clarinet – creating repertoire for a neglected and ripe instrumentation, and to evoke the energetically gleeful gait of young retrievers running free in a big field.