Six Short Stories for Woodwind Quintet
for woodwind quintet
| Duration: | 12 minutes | |
| Instrumentation: | Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | |
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Program notes:
The woodwind quintet is one of my favorite mediums: the individual personality of each musical instrument on one hand, and the homogeny that can skilfully be achieved on the other hand, stimulated my imagination for a long time. The titles of the movements represent my own plot thoughts and associations behind each story: The First is a meeting of five friends willing to play together while one of them is being considerably late. The second is my association to a native ceremonial dance. The third, reminds me of a light breeze on a lazy summer night, while sitting on the porch. The fourth describes a person gazing at the fire flames, controlled like a marionette by the wind. The fifth is a sinking/floating memory, and last, a discussion about “how a fugue should sound.” Nevertheless, this is only my view of the music. I would like to invite the listeners to find their own association, and create their individual stories.
| Year composed: | 1996 | |
| Premiere erformance: | 11 May, 1997 Boston, MA, USA NEC Honors Woodwind Quintet Stephanie Mortimore, flute/piccolo Izumi Nishizawa, oboe Michelle Montone, clarinet Minako Taguchi, bassoon Daniel Shaud, horn |
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| First professional performance: | 13 April, 1998 Normal, IL, USA Sonneris Woodwind Quintet Kim Risinger, flute/piccolo Judith Dicker, oboe Aris Chavez, clarinet Michael Dicker, bassoon Joe Neisler, horn |
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| Movements: | 1. The Meeting 2. Native Dance 3. Air 4. Fire Dance 5. Longing (Sinking and Floating Memory) 6. 1+1=11 (Introduction and Fughetta) |
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