Woodwind quintet
SKU:
P2.10015
Composed by
Reed A. Hanna. Chamber
music, 20th century,
Woodwind Quintet.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.10015).
Composer Reed
A. Hanna writes, Red
Lights! is a
coming-of-age story about
a young man and his
attempt to find himself.
In each of the three
movements, the listener
follows the young man on
his journey through the
exotic world of the red
light district, which may
at first seem to have an
allure of excitement and
novelty, but might end up
being a mysterious realm
of plausible scandal and
ill-repute. The young
man, blinded by his
voracious desire to
experience the unknown,
encounters many things in
his journey that are
'eye-opening' (to say the
least). This eye-opening
impression is bestowed on
him most notably through
his encounter with
'Madame', a character who
offers the more worldly
perspective that is the
object of the young man's
desire - or so he
thinks..