Palette and Spectrum
General Info
Year: 2022
Duration: c. 11:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Trevor James Smith
Cost: Score and Parts - $80.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tom-Toms (4)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Palette and Spectrum explores music as human "mark-making" in sound. Inspired by the creative relationships between visual artists and composers engaging with artistic abstraction, the piece introduces a unique tonal palette and paints its way through both musical time and conceptual space, exploring aggressive hard edges, deep color fields, and ambiguous narrative images. While not based on any single artwork or painter, Palette and Spectrum embraces musical events as phenomenologically interesting in their own existence. These events are reminiscent of the mark-making techniques by artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Willem de Kooning, and Yves Klein, while embracing the enticing energies made possible by the brush and canvas of the wind band.”
- Program Note by composer
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Fanfare for Heard Island (2017)
- Palette and Spectrum (2022)
- Washington Color (2019)
Resources
- "Trevor Smith." Facebook – Accessed 16 June 2022
- Trevor Smith, personal correspondence, July 2022