Black Cascades (2014, rev. 2017)
2(2=a.fl.).2(2=e.hn.).2(2=b.cl.).3(3=cbsn.). / 4.2.2.1. / timp.3perc.hp.pno. / strings.
6'
2(2=a.fl.).2(2=e.hn.).2(2=b.cl.).3(3=cbsn.). / 4.2.2.1. / timp.3perc.hp.pno. / strings.
6'
In Black Cascades, I sought to create a tone poem involving the supernatural, ominous nature of water at night. The piece begins as a calm stream very subtly flowing through a forest in the early morning hours. The stream's current gradually picks up until the water hurls down rocky cliffs ferociously and demonically, only to calm down once again.
Performances:
-Read by Shannon Murphy and the American Modern Orchestra, Zankel Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 15th, 2018.
-Robert Nordling, Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, Gorton Community Center, Lake Forest, IL, May 21st, 2017.
-Read by George Tsontakis and the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, March 31st, 2015.
Performances:
-Read by Shannon Murphy and the American Modern Orchestra, Zankel Hall, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 15th, 2018.
-Robert Nordling, Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, Gorton Community Center, Lake Forest, IL, May 21st, 2017.
-Read by George Tsontakis and the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, March 31st, 2015.