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4 Pieces for Woodwind Quintet
This is a piece I've been writing over the past month or two and just finished. I debated writing a 5th movement which brought all 4 of the other movements together but I think the 4th piece is a good ending.
This piece is writen for the Category 5 Winds at The University of Southern Mississippi. They are the faculty woodwind quintet. They are all amazing musicians and I tried to pushed them a bit, some more then others.
Inspired by Gyorgy Ligeti, I looked to write to push the performers in many different ways. His pieces were of great inspiration for me over the past couple months and I owe my thanks to him for his influence and for his style which makes me want to continue pushing my limits.
I. Rubato. Largo. Mesto. - This movement is base around dissonance. I liked using a lot of major 2nds and minor 2nds through in order to give a uneasy feeling
II. Adagio addolorato. Allegro maestoso. - The opening melody in the oboe is to give a feeling of longing. Again I explored dissonaces throughout. ABA form.
III. Andantino. - This movement is to give a laid back feel. I love the tritone and used often on top of a drone line. I'm thinking about adding/changing somethings about this movement since it is real short and gets to be boring to myself.
IV. Prestissimo con spirito. - I really enjoyed writing this movement. The eight note pulse gives a driving rhythm while the accents are the theme. After introducing both themes and I put the first theme into a 3 part fugue and theme augment the theme and also use it in diminution ontop of the augmentation. Later on I do the same thing but include the second theme.
I hope you enjoy. I'm still making correction and modification on this piece.
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Current Projects:
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Duet for Two Clarinets
Pieces for Woodwind Quintet
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