Augenblick
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 13:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Sommerso Publishing
Cost: Rental
Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos
- Chimes
- China Cymbal
- Crash Cymbals
- Crotales
- 2 Large Suspended Cymbals
- Large Tam-Tam
- Low Floor Tom
- Marimba
- Ratchet
- Sizzle Cymbal
- 2 Small Suspended Cymbals
- Small Triangle
- Snare Drum
- Vibraphone
- Whip
- Wood Block
- Xylphone
Laptop computer
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Augenblick, for wind ensemble and electronics, is a study on the idea of the ‘instant’. I have always liked the German word for instant (or moment, Augenblick, which literally translates to, “the glimpse of an eye”). The piece originated in the summer of 2008 while I was studying music composition and the German language in Berlin, Germany.
Augenblick progresses through different concepts of the ‘instant’ as it unfolds. The opening derives from two dually developing types of music – ambient and brutal – and instantaneously shifts between the two sound worlds. The middle section of the work plays on the idea of a captured ‘instant’ by using pre-recorded phrases from the work. In this section the pre-recorded segments play back in reverse in a sort of quasi-canon with the live ensemble. The piece concludes with the idea of the ‘instant’ as repetition, both in the electronics and the ensemble.
- Program Note by composer
Awards
- Augenblick has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) Wind Ensemble (Jonathan Caldwell, conductor) – 23 February 2018 (CBDNA 2018 Southern Conference, Tampa, Fla.)
- The College of New Jersey Wind Ensemble (David Vickerman, conductor) - 3 March 2014 (CBDNA Eastern Division Conference, Boston, MA)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Augenblick (2008)
- Dynamism of a Speeding Horse (2008)
- Velocity Meadows (2015)