Dust Devils
Work Overview
2011; Revision: 2014
Instrumentation: Piccolo, Flutes, Oboes, English Horn, Clarinets, Bassoons, Horns in F, Trumpets in C, Tenor Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Marimba, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Antique Cymbals, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Ratchet, Tambourine, Rainstick, Maracas, Suspended Cymbal, Harp, Piano, Strings
Commission: Eastern Music Festival for their 50th Anniversary, with funding from Jeanne Tannenbaum
Duration: 10 minutes
Program Note
Dust Devils is the journey of emotional swirls in my mind, sometimes calm, but more often than not, full of raw and intense energy. The opening starts quite forcefully and darts back and forth, culminating in a fiery pounding of the timpani, which wanes and brings this section to mere silent breaths in the brass. A slow section ensues, filled with upward cascades of arpeggios that interrupt the ethereal atmosphere. An ominous eerie string section follows leading to a powerful chorale in the brass, which overtakes the music and brings the 10- minute work to an emphatic close.
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