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Carl Holmquist

Carl Holmquist


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This work is the second movement of the composer's Symphony No. 1, New Orleans Symphony.


General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 4:05
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Murphy Music Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00   |   Score Only (print) - $30.00


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Errata

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Program Notes

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast. This is my attempt to conjure up that storm. Blistering unison lines are passed back and forth between woodwinds and brass and then the low woodwinds play a foreboding melody that is the same as the blistering melody, but augmented into longer note values, as if the storm is approaching from a distance. Then the musical tension increases through heightened chromaticism, frequent key changes, and increasingly contrapuntal textures. Fragments of the hymn tune Nettleton, which we heard in the first movement, are heard multiple times, each time more desperate. Finally, the chaos and confusion in the music surges to a climactic and dramatic pause. Then the music bursts forth with destructive power, breaking through the levees and engulfing the city with water. The music dissipates, the storm is over, but the city is devastated.

- Program Note by composer


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