Of my dream before me
General Info
Year: 2021
Duration: c. 14:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Violin and piano
Publisher: Dana Wilson
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $100.00 | Score Only (print) - $25.00
Movements
1. No longer the light
2. I lie down in the shadow
3. Bright like a sun
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Violin
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbals (2)
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
For years I have loved the poetry of Langston Hughes, particularly for its vivid imagery and powerful drama. A Black poet, he was very connected to, and inspired by, jazz, which has also always been a dramatic influence on my musical thinking and general philosophy.
The titles of each of the movements of this work were taken from Hughes' poem As I Grew Older, in part so that its inspiration and lyric drama could be explored. The work asks the violinist to be both introspective and intensely outreaching, and for the ensemble to both embrace and react.
I am grateful to violinist James Stern and conductor Michael Votta, who first brought the piece to life and understood so clearly its nature.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Orchestra (Michael Votta, conductor; James Stern, violin) – 17 February 2023 (CBDNA 2023 National Conference, Athens, Ga.)
- University of Maryland (College Park) Wind Orchestra (Michael Votta, conductor; James Stern, violin) - 10 December 2021 *Premiere Chamber Winds Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
A complete list of Dana Wilson's compositions may be found here:
- Avatar, The (2005)
- Awakening... (2011)
- The Banquet (2017)
- Black Nightshade (2004)
- Calling, Ever Calling (1990)
- Clarion Call (1988)
- Colorado Peaks (2009)
- Concerto for Contrabass and Wind Ensemble (2010)
- Concerto for Drum Set and Wind Ensemble (2021)
- Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble (1997)
- Concerto for Jazz Piano and Wind Ensemble (2019)
- Concerto for Trombone (2015)
- Concerto for Tuba (Wilson) (2012)
- Conjurer, The (2015)
- Dance of the New World (1992)
- Day Dreams (2006)
- Evolution (1999)
- Fanfare for a New Center (2011)
- Fanfare for Karel (2017)
- Footsteps (2010)
- Front Burner (2020)
- How Very Close (2012)
- Io Rising
- Ithaca Forever (as arranger) (1984)
- Kah! Out of Darkness (1999)
- Last Ride to Solutré (1998)
- Leader Lieder (1993)
- Liquid Ebony (2006)
- Liquid Gold (2005)
- May the Road Rise Up to Meet You (2013/2019)
- Odysseus and the Sirens (2008)
- Of my dream before me... (2021)
- Old Number One (2017)
- On Fire! (2017)
- The One-Lady Band from Owego (2021)
- Piece of Mind (1987)
- Primal Worlds (2000)
- Quintessence (2019)
- Sang! (1993)
- Searching for Lost Dreams (2013)
- Shakata: Singing the World into Existence (1989)
- Shortcut Home (2003)
- Speak to Me (2010)
- ...the harder they fall (2004)
- the most sacred of times (2022)
- Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise (1991)
- To Set the Darkness Echoing (2005)
- Uprising (1995)
- Vortex (1999)
- When I Am Gone Away (2006)
- Winds on the Steppes (1994)
Resources
- Dana Wilson website Accessed 26 December 2021