Joseph Van Doran performs:

"God of the Northern Forest"
and "Kinkachoo, I Love You"
by Phillip Houghton

God of the Northern Forest is based on a painting of the same name by Paul Klee. The abstract nature of the painting is shown clearly through the seemingly unrelated sections of the piece. Each section seems to take a different angle at trying to understand the painting, until we return to the first idea and finally realize the theme of the God of the Northern Forest.

Kinkachoo, I Love You is described best by the composer: "…the Kinkachoo, a mythical bird, once wounded in the Spirit-Realm, heals and flies into