Dal Dosai
Sonata for flute and piano
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

Chamber Music flute, piano

SKU: PR.494027550

Sonata for flute and piano. Composed by Matt Van Brink. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2001. Duration 15 minutes. Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications #494-02755. Published by Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications (PR.494027550).

UPC: 680160491070.

This fascinating and exotic flute sonata, with titles depicting Indian food appears on several CDs; please see the full program note at https://mattvanbrink.com/2001/05/dal_dosai_sonata_for_flute_and.php.
DAL DOSAI takes its title and movement names from the realm of Indian cuisine, but the real inspiration was the simple idea of composing music that is both rigorous and whimsical, both intellectual and fun.Still, it can be quite fun to connect the music to the culinary theme. Dal Dosai is a pancake usually stuffed with curried potatoes or other spiced vegetables. Garam Masala (Movement 1) is an aromatic mixture of nutmeg, cloves, black pepper, and cinnamon, all ground together and sprinkled on the dal at the very end. Asafoetida (Movement 2) is a pungent resin extracted from ferula root. When it is cooked in hot oil, its odor dissipates, exuding instead a warm truffle-like flavor. Asafoetida is usually the first ingredient added to a flavoring of oil and spices called a Tarka, the last step of preparing a dal. As the Tarka (Movement 3) heats up, it pops, sprays and splatters.