Vanilla noise or the night murmur of the city

From Wind Repertory Project
Michele Abondano

Michele Abondano


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General Info

Year: 2017
Duration: c. 18:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Babel Scores
Cost: Score and Parts — Rental   |   Score Only (digital) - €18.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

This work is inspired by the ceaseless noise that inhabits the cities. Even at night, there is a murmur, the continuous movement of the unstoppable life. Therefore, the wind band is assumed as a sound entity with nonconventional timbral possibilities. Each micro-section presents a particular instrumentation that contributes to create unique instants through the technical approach to the instruments and the interaction between them.

From a textural perspective, the piece presents constant changes from roughness to smoothness through a process of increase and reduction of inharmonicity. This process is determined by the instrumental techniques and the oscillations generated by the shock of the near partials of different sound spectra sounding at the same time, in contrast to entities with major harmonicity and low fluctuations of the spectral flow. In terms of mass, there is an exploration of the wind band from the construction of expanded resonances, as well as the concentration and diffusion of the sound energy, that is, the change of the amount of layers, the dynamics, and the expansion of the register.

- Program Note from publisher


Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 235.
  • Michele Abondano website Accessed 24 December 2020