Night Light
Cait Nishimura
Ensemble: Wind Ensemble
Grade: 4
Duration: 11:00
Year of Composition: 2011
Publisher: Cait Nishimura
Year of Publication: 2011
Publisher Catalog Number: CNM001
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Publisher, Purchase
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Flutes 1,2
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
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
Trombones 1,2
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass
Piano
Timpani
Vibraphone
Chimes
Mallet Percussion (Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, D7-pitched Crotale)
Percussion 1 (Wind Chimes, Bass Drum, Triangle, Shaker, Tam-tam, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal)
Percussion 2 (Suspended Cymbal, Ride Cymbal, Crash Cymbals)
Program Notes:
Night Light began as a few simple themes that represented my childhood experience of fearing the dark and feeling comforted by the soft glow of night lights. These ideas evolved over time into a musical story that depicts the experience of being awake in the night while the surrounding world is at rest -- an experience full of moments of tension and softness, pain and joy, and darkness and light. As an insomniac and anxiety-ridden optimist, I feel that Night Light is a musical autobiography of sorts, and the piece will always be incredibly meaningful to me.
(Cait Nishimura)
