Flow
Roydon Tse
Ensemble: Wind Symphony
Duration: 09:00
Year of Composition: 2016
Commissioned by: University of Toronto Wind Symphony (Jeff Reynolds, director)
Premiered by: University of Toronto Wind Symphony (Jeff Reynolds, director)
Date of Premiere: October 22, 2016
Publisher: self-published
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Composer, Rental
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Piccolo
Flutes 1,2,3
Oboes 1,2
Bassoons 1,2
B♭ Clarinets 1,2,3
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Saxes 1,2
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1,2,3
F Horns 1,2,3,4
Trombones 1,2,3,4
Euphonium
Tubas 1,2
Double Bass
Timpani
Percussion (4 players)
Written for the University of Toronto Wind Symphony under the Composer-in-Residence program at the Faculty of Music.
Program Notes:
In writing this piece, I imagined the wind symphony as being a large extended organ that was capable of creating many layers of sound that move in and out of each other. It was from this first concept that the idea of “Flow” became the central focus in my structural thinking. From the quiet clusters that are heard in the beginning emerge large sound masses that ebb and grow. Like a river which starts with a trickle, it turns into a series of rapids that converge into a larger body. As the river reaches the mouth of the sea, the momentum finally gives way and we return to a slower flow, with the eventual dissipation of the sound into the silence. The form of the piece follows this progression with some slight surprises in the journey.
(Roydon Tse)
