Third Coast Percussion – Paddle to the Sea (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Third Coast Percussion s Paddle to the Sea transports listeners into a realm of imaginative sounds and world-premiere recordings evoking the aquatic world. Anchoring the album is the Grammy Award-winning ensemble s original new collaborative composition Paddle to the Sea. The fearsomely talented foursome conceived it as a live soundtrack to the charming, Oscar-nominated 1966 film of the same name, based on a classic children s story about a Native Canadian boy who carves a wooden figure called Paddle-to-the-Sea and launches him on a solo canoe voyage to the ocean. The Dallas Morning News called Third Coast s concert performance arresting and enjoyable. TheaterJones called it unforgettable and said, There was something magical about the performance, but it is almost impossible to describe the experience in mere words.

In composing Paddle to the Sea, Third Coast found a wellspring of ideas in the other works they ve included on the album. Jacob Druckman s Reflections on the Nature of Water revels in textures and timbres unique to the marimba as it explores the different characters water can embody. Third Coast plays its own arrangement of selections from Philip Glass s 12 Pieces for Ballet (originally composed for piano) also drawing inspiration from Brazilian group Uakti s multi-instrumental version, titled Aguas da Amazonia. The final leg of Third Coast s waterborne adventure is Zimbabwean Musekiwa Chingdoza s arrangement of Chingwaya, a song from the Shona tradition used to call water spirits.

Tracklist:
01. Third Coast Percussion – Madeira River (arr. S. Connors, R. Dillon, P. Martin and D. Skidmore for percussion ensemble) (05:43)
02. Third Coast Percussion – The Lighthouse and the Cabin (04:23)
03. Third Coast Percussion – Flow (02:34)
04. Third Coast Percussion – Open Water (04:19)
05. Third Coast Percussion – Thaw (03:36)
06. Third Coast Percussion – The Stewards (02:44)
07. Third Coast Percussion – Niagara (03:20)
08. Third Coast Percussion – Sanctuary (05:07)
09. Third Coast Percussion – The Locks (03:08)
10. Third Coast Percussion – Release (01:52)
11. Third Coast Percussion – The Lighthouse (02:54)
12. Third Coast Percussion – Chigwaya (arr. M. Chingodza for percussion ensemble) (04:57)
13. Third Coast Percussion – I. Crystalline (02:56)
14. Third Coast Percussion – II. Fleet (01:52)
15. Third Coast Percussion – Xingu River (arr. S. Connors, R. Dillon, P. Martin and D. Skidmore for percussion ensemble) (04:59)
16. Third Coast Percussion – III. Tranquil (02:45)
17. Third Coast Percussion – IV. Gently swelling (02:09)
18. Third Coast Percussion – Japurá River (arr. S. Connors, R. Dillon, P. Martin and D. Skidmore for percussion ensemble) (02:57)
19. Third Coast Percussion – V. Profound (04:35)
20. Third Coast Percussion – VI. Relentless (02:15)
21. Third Coast Percussion – Amazon River (arr. S. Connors, R. Dillon, P. Martin and D. Skidmore for percussion ensemble) (09:35)