Depths of the sea, the
The title is intentionally written in lower case.
General Info
Year: 2016
Duration: c. 8:35
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Derek Douglas Carter
Cost: Score and Parts - $120.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano (optional doubling Celesta)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tom-toms (4)
- Vibraphone
- Wood Blocks (3)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Consciousness and life energy has always been of interest to me, both from a life and compositional standpoint. During the winter of 2014, my dark energies began to take over and I found myself engulfed by darkness. I began to envision consciousness as an ocean, and thought I had found the Marianas Trench. Always adventurous, I decided to explore my consciousness like a deep-sea diver.
In the depths of the darkness, I found life, but no light to identify it. This has been the inspiration of the piece: formless energies emerging in and out of perception, surrounded by a dark stagnation. Although these “things” never become identified, we realize that there does not need to be any identification, and eventually we will find some sense of stability and comfort in the unknown, the darkness.
Underneath the the surface lay a mystery
a pool to reflect the light
as the schools of fish divert our gazeWhen the waters are still
I see myself distracted and dark
craving some energyyet it was there all along
shifting, a massive shallow
a current to push and pullflowing out of me
I write it down quick
and explore and reviseAnonymous
- Program Note by composer
For my sister.
- Program Note from score
Awards
- Illinois State University composition competition, 2016, second place.
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Winds (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) – 23 March 2016 – *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bascule (2016)
- Brass Fanfare (2014)
- Calm, yet strong (2016)
- Camera obscura (2017)
- the depths of the sea (2016)
- Two Pieces for Wind Quintet (2016)
- Three Miniatures for Saxophone Quartet (2015)
Resources
- Derek Douglas Carter, personal correspondence, January 2021
- Derek Douglas Carter website Accessed 3 January 2021
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 279.
- Perusal score