× Upcoming Events Dean's Circle Donate Email Sign-up Staff Shenandoah Conservatory Past Events
g3db.Did0 (2009)
Paul Pinto

g3db.Did0 (or goodbye, Dido) is a lament for amplified trumpinet-bonitone quartet, playing almost entirely in the extreme parts of their ranges. The tonality and text is directly drawn from Purcell's famous aria, but recreated as if Dido were unable to speak. The baritone begins in falsetto (stretching the word "me" over the span of more than a minute), and the ensemble enters one by one, struggling to utter their phrases, coming together only to state the words "no trouble." The piece was written specifically for loadbang.

— Paul Pinto