Incidental Music for A Night Sky

Incidental Music for A Night Sky

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(Performed by Barbara Sanders [flute], James Lee [clarinet], Aaron Eastwood [horn], Chris Murphy [trombone], Carl Stronach [percussion], Seryong Lee [piano], Jeff Fritz [violin I], Alex Wen [violin II], Miguel Cunanan [viola], and Katie Mendenhall [violoncello], conducted by Dustin R. Barr)

Scoring: Large ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, percussion and vibraphone, piano, two violins, viola and violoncello)

Duration: ca. 9 minutes

Year composed: 2007

Place composed: Fullerton, CA

Dedication: “This work is dedicated to Eleanor Crawford, whose shared memory of a New Orleans sky inspired its composition.”

Description/Program Notes: This work undertakes the musical depiction of a night sky, complete with wind rustling in the trees, snatches of half-remembered melodies and a thunderstorm.

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