Poetry of Emily Dickinson with interpolations in chinuk wawa, the trade language of the Northwest for 150 years. Composed by Alice Blankenship for Clarinet, Violin and Soprano. Many thanks to the tribes of Grand Ronde for sharing their beautiful language and helping educate the larger community of Oregon and beyond. hayu masi!
Violette
The members of Violette are Alice Blankenship, Violin, and Michael Anderson, Clarinet. As a duo, Anderson and Blankenship formed Violette to create and commission new music, arrange baroque, classical, and folk-crossover music for the unusual pairing of violin and clarinet. Violette is the core ensemble of both Høstedans and microphilharmonic. Violette's repertoire includes works by Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Tomas Svoboda, Paul Safar, Olivia Davis, as well as original music by Anderson and Blankenship.
Christmas 2021!
from Advent to Wassail, A Christmas Medley
Violette with Francis Anderson-Blankenship, arranged by Alice Blankenship
The ancient advent carol "Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel" is paired with the spritely wassailing tune "On Christmas Night" (the Sussex carol), arranged by Alice Blankenship for Violette + piano.