Ensemble (fl(pic, afl).cl(bcl)-perc(mar, tubaphone, tub bell, tam-t, gong, lg Sw...(+)
Ensemble (fl(pic,
afl).cl(bcl)-perc(mar,
tubaphone, tub bell,
tam-t, gong, lg Swiss cow
bell, Japanese temple
bowl, steel pan, bell
tree, sm b.d, lg b.d,
clav, 5
tempbl)-pno-vn.vc)
SKU: HL.49019330
For ensemble.
Composed by John Casken.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Study Score. Softcover.
Composed 2010. 66 pages.
Duration 20'. Schott
Music #ED13520. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019330).
ISBN
9790220133725.
8.25x11.75x0.242
inches.
The work
explores something of how
we might experience
winter. The title is a
play on words and the
normal meaning of reels
as dances infects both
the first movement, with
its lilting triplet
rhythms, and the last
movement which
incorporates a vigorous
reel-like unison melody
that unfolds as part of a
series of energetic
episodes. The song of the
second movement is a long
singing line given to the
cello, and the ensemble
here, as elsewhere, is
coloured in the
percussion by the use of
a steel pan.John
Casken.