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09/07/2015
CD Imaginary Day, track 19: Three Trumpets and a Small Owl, organ Stevenskerk Nijmegen
Several types of trumpets are used: the delicate vox angelica 2' of the third manual, the bright trumpet 8' of the first, and the dark trumpet 16' of the great manual (one might say that a fourth type of trumpet is the bicycle horn used in other tracks). The beginning, however, is played on the echo 8' (a soft flute) of the third manual. The stop is only partially open, in order to create subdued sounds, like those of a little owl at night. Calm is restored at the end, with the deep sound of the violin 16', the naive call of the vox angelica and echoes of the little owl's hooting.