Gentle Winds
General Info
Year: 2013 / 2018
Duration: c. 13:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Navona Records
Cost: Score and Parts - Free
Movements
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Horn in F
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The piece could be described as folk-inspired classical chamber music. The harmonies are simple, modal, and consonant. The first movement, in 7/8, begins with a dance-like theme for the flute and clarinet; the second theme is a song for the oboe and horn. The development section brings in a melody suggestive of Western-movie music. The movement ends quietly, with a melodic phrase that parallels the opening. The second movement, in 5/4, opens with a song for the horn, accompanied by the three woodwinds. A short middle section consists of dance-like phrases for the woodwinds; then the song is played again, this time by the oboe.
The third movement, in 7/8, is a set of variations on a dance-like theme. It concludes with a variation in four-part counterpoint, followed by a four-bar coda based on the melodic phrase that opens the movement.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Arcadian Winds
- Audio CD: Arcadian Winds
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Balkan Dance (2008/2020)
- Call to the Mountains (2011/2018)
- Celebrating the Fourth (2007/2016)
- Gentle Winds (2013/2018)
- Silvertube Variations (2015/2019)
- Three American Scenes (2013/2020)
- Winter Sunrise (2021/2022)
Resources
None discovered thus far.