Unseen Beneath the Ice

Catégorie
Chamber music with conductor
Instrumental Ensemble
2018
Compositeur(s)
Instruments
Flûte piccolo
Clarinette Sib
Clarinette basse
Hautbois
Basson
Cor
Trompette
Trombone basse
Percussions
Percussions
Piano
Violon
Violon
Violoncelle
Contrebasse
Durée
9:00
Effectif
Instrumental Ensemble of 15 musicians
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Date de création
Program

This piece presents a musical story made up of disparate characters based on images of everyday life. One character is industrial, repetitive and perhaps even annoying. Another is slow, ambiguously comical, but also mysterious like an incantation. Another appears only infrequently but makes its presence known through its unique and clumsy sound. In this piece, mechanical characters are pitted against human ones and their stories become intertwined. 

Unseen Beneath the Ice is a work written in 2018 for Alan Pierson and Alarm Will Sound for performance at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. 

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