Hello friends,
It's been a while since I posted anything here, but I think this one is worth it. Premiered two months ago, this movement is part of what will be intended to be a larger cantata for narrator, wind nonette, and nature sounds, to be performed outdoors, somewhere.
This was premiered this month, and is a live recording with tape to create the necessary effect that I've been looking for.
The music was inspired by the first chapter of Jack London's White Fang, and deals with the chase across the barrenlands of Northern Canada during the Gold Rush of a dogsled by a pack of wolves, the leader of the pack, being half-dog/half-wolf, is seducing members of the dog team, one by one, night after night, and as the dogs dwindle in numbers, the hungry wolves raise the stakes and go for the men.
Plus, don't think for a second that the environmental sounds are a gimmick. They are an integral part of the composition. I've posted the score, I just want you people to listen. I'm slightly nervous, from my lack of posting this past year or so, but I'm going to give it a shot. This is my major work of the year.
Ladies and gentlemen, "White Fang: The Trail of the Meat"
Sibelius Scorch Website:
White Fang: Part 1 - The Trail of the Meat
Live Mp3:
http://sibeliusmusic.com/mp3/1/1/9/119935.mp3
Just keep an open mind.
Interesting trivia, the French horn at times utilizes a shofar, and the percussionist utilizes a caribou-skin framedrum.