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- Robert Xavier Rodríguez
Praline and Fudge (1989)
- Alhambra RXR (World)
- 0101/0000/hpd/str
- Contralto or Bass
- 6 min
- English
Programme Note
Related works:
Praline and Fudge for voice and piano
Composer's Note:
I wrote the first version of Praline and Fudge: Recitative and Aria in Baroque Style for bass and piano, in 1989. In 1997, the San Antonio Symphony commissioned a version for orchestra.
The title is a variation on "Prelude and Fugue," and the texts are from cookbooks: the recitative (Andante con molto anticipazione) is a recipe for pralines, and the aria (Allegro glucoso) is a recipe for fudge. There are multiple examples of Handelian word-painting, on words such as "stir," "dropped" and "bottom," with a long rising melisma on the word "grease."
— Robert X. Rodríguez
Praline and Fudge for voice and piano
Composer's Note:
I wrote the first version of Praline and Fudge: Recitative and Aria in Baroque Style for bass and piano, in 1989. In 1997, the San Antonio Symphony commissioned a version for orchestra.
The title is a variation on "Prelude and Fugue," and the texts are from cookbooks: the recitative (Andante con molto anticipazione) is a recipe for pralines, and the aria (Allegro glucoso) is a recipe for fudge. There are multiple examples of Handelian word-painting, on words such as "stir," "dropped" and "bottom," with a long rising melisma on the word "grease."
— Robert X. Rodríguez
