Work Information
| Publisher |
Associated Music Publishers Inc |
Category |
Works for 2-6 Players |
| Sub-Category |
Mixed Ensemble |
Year Composed |
2009 |
| Duration |
18 Minutes |
Orchestration |
hn, 2vn, va, vc |
| Availability |
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Programme Note
Premiere:
July 26 2009
Julie Landsman, horn
Miró Quartet
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe, NM
Composer note:
The best way to hear my music is to listen to it holistically. And that is to say, not for any particular melodies or familiar harmonies, but for the whole composite of the sounds made by the five instruments. A good idea is to close your eyes and listen undistracted by anything visual. Basically, music is a fusion of shapes, sometimes strange and new, and instrumental colors.
— Gunther Schuller
Reviews
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The opening Moderato is largely for horn obbligato over busy string passagework. The Lento that follows takes the form of a quiet serenade, the horn in sotto voce. After a brief agitated section, the movement returns to music of the night. The concluding Rondo, again, gives the strings plenty to do, with interjections and distorted hunting calls from the horn. And then it’s abruptly, inconclusively over.
John Stege, Santa Fe Reporter, 29/07/2009
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