| work: click title for pdf of the score |
Tears Don't Flow in this Place |
| ensemble: | piccolo, 2 flutes in c, alto flute, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 off-stage trumpets in c, percussion |
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duration:
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c. 9.5 minutes |
| date composed: | April-May 2001, September
2002 |
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program notes:
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Tears Don't Flow in
this Place is the product of several different compositional procedures
melding together. It is convoluted chords- it is parallel unison.
It is solo- it is ensemble. There are eight woodwind players, all
of whom are individual, yet all of whom at times fuse into one instrument.
The trumpets are the unseen influence that initiate new sections and provide
material for variation. Percussion is used to commentate on the musical
activity as the intensity waxes and wanes. The mixtures of timbres
and feelings create an ever shifting texture- a sense of searching for a
single identity- which is achieved at the denouement of the piece. |
| performance history: click on date for real audio file |
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