Stories of the Colours
Kit Vaughan Soden
Ensemble: Wind Symphony
Duration: 10:00
Year of Composition: 2012
Commissioned by: McGill Wind Symphony (Alain Cazes, director)
Premiered by: McGill Wind Symphony (Alain Cazes, director)
Publisher: self-published
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Composer
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Piccolo
Flutes 1,2,3,4
Oboes 1,2,3
Bassoons 1,2
B♭ Clarinets 1,2,3,4,5,6
B♭ Bass Clarinet
B♭ Soprano Sax
E♭ Alto Saxes 1,2
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1,2,3,4,5,6
F Horns 1,2,3,4
Trombones 1,2,3
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tubas 1,2
Double Bass
Celesta
Timpani
Percussion (4 players):
1. Tubular Bells, 2 Triangles, Marimba, Xylophone
2. 5 Wood Blocks, 2 Tam-tams, Tubular Bells, 2 Suspended Cymbals
3. Snare Drum, 3 Tom-toms, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel
4. 4 Temple Blocks, Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, 2 Suspended Cymbals
Program Notes:
This piece for wind symphony is inspired by the timbres of the instruments themselves and the exploration of "timbre as narrative". After the oboe opens the piece, parts of the oboe line get "caught" by the other instruments, as if there were an echo in the orchestra itself; the timbre of the oboe goes through a metamorphosis. The piece tells a story of timbre about and with the colours of the orchestral tone-colour palette.
(Kit Vaughan Soden)
