Alto saxophone, cello,
piano
SKU:
P2.50008
Composed by
Ellen Lindquist. Chamber
music, 20th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.50008).
Groundings
reflects the ongoing
cycles of groundedness
and ungroundedness that
we as human beings all
face throughout our
lives: cycles in which
grounded, balanced states
evolve mysteriously
into--and emerge out
of--ungrounded, chaotic
ones. The title also pays
homage to the ground
basses common in music of
the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
Commissioned by the
British contemporary
music ensemble Ephyra,
Groundings was first
performed in November
2004 at the Jacqueline
DuPre Music Hall in
Oxford, England. The
production of Groundings
was funded in part by a
grant from The American
Music Center's Composer
Assistance Program.