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firefall
Instrumentation: Brass Ensemble
Duration: ca. 4 minutes
Premiere: 2023
Dedication: Southern California Brass Consortium
Level: 5-6
Nature and Time…
….kineticism. beauty, and power…
…new beginnings…
…a rush of cascading light of orange and red glow Horsetail Fall in Yosemite
National Park…
WILDFIRES for Orchestra
Instrumentation: Large Orchestra
Version for chamber orchestra is available.
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Year: 2019
Level: 4-5
Wildfires Program Notes for MCO premiere
Destruction and rebirth across the California landscape, Wildfires for orchestra, explores the devastating fires that occur due to the ever-evolving current climate crisis of the state. Emulating the kinetic soundscapes of the environment, the virtuosic work contrasts the moments of blaze by alternating the bombastic brass, percussion, and “bickering” woodwinds with moments of stillness with the use of sustained strings. Wildfires is a selected movement from A California Symphony (2019).
Watch the premiere performance below:
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Ryan Roberts, oboist (NY Phil)
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Correspondence: "The Blessing"
Em’ Strange Rhythm
Shibui & Noh
SOULS