Fragments in Time
Lindsay Stetner
Ensemble: Wind Orchestra
Solo Instrument: Piano
Duration: 08:00
Year of Composition: 2013
Premiered by: University of Regina Wind Ensemble (Samuel Deason, piano; Brent Ghiglione, conductor)
Date of Premiere: April, 2014
Publisher: LES Music
Year of Publication: 2013
Publisher Catalog Number: LES010
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase
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Solo Piano
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B♭ Clarinets 1,2
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Sax
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1,2
F Horns 1,2
Trombones 1,2
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion 1
Percussion 2
Percussion 3
In a single movement with an introduction and three distinct sections.
Solo part at RCM Grade 8+. Piano part edited by Samuel Deason.
Program Notes:
In October of 2013, my paths crossed with a pianist named Samuel Deason, and that was the beginning of Fragments in Time for solo piano and wind orchestra. I was one of the percussionists when Samuel played the Khachaturian Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Regina Symphony Orchestra. We began to talk and I found out that in a couple of weeks he would be back in Regina to play a solo concert. At that second concert is where the musical seed of Fragments in Time was planted. We spent most of the night talking about our philosophies about music and performance. During the discussion, we stumbled on the topic of solo performance as a high school student. Samuel had not performed as a soloist with accompaniment until he got to university. As we both thought more about that idea, neither of us could identify a piece that would be accessible for a high school soloist and wind band.
Fragments in Time was written for a good high school wind band with no unusual instrumentation. The solo part is playable by a student in Grade 8+ in the Royal Conservatory. Our joke during the writing and editing of Fragments was that Samuel had to "channel the 16 year-old version of time." At this point he was finishing up his degree and was learning the Diabelli variations, just for fun.
(Lindsay Stetner)
