Third Ocean

Just as First Ocean followed First Twelve and Second Ocean followed Second Twelve, Third Ocean occurs after three dozen days of the year in the Universal Solar Calendar, even if that 36th day wasn't called "Third Twelve." We re now officially into the second half of Childwinter.

Composer Éliane Radigue's Occam Ocean 3 consists of three works, Occam River II, Occam VIII, and  Occam Delta III. In keeping with Radigue's naming convention, Occam is a solo piece, River is a duet, and Delta is a trio. All three are performed by the string trio of Julia Eckhardt (viola), Silvia Tarozzi (violin) and Deborah Walker (violoncello).  

The duet, Occam River II, posted below, was performed and recorded in September 2019 at the Abbazia di Santa Maria Assunta in Bologna, Italy. The icy high register of Tarozzi's violin is underscored by the gliding lower end of Walker's violoncello contours, creating a unique mid-air dissonance over the composition's sustained length.