Jason Huffman
Wind for Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Piano and Percussion (2011,2013)
Program Note: From Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "Thus the army is established by deceit, moves for advantage, and changes through segmenting and reuniting. Thus its speed is like the wind, its slowness like the forest, its invasion and plundering like a fire; unmoving it is like the mountains. It is as difficult to know as the darkness; in movement it is like thunder." Wind is the first piece written for a concert of works inspired by the above paragraph from The Art of War. In thinking about what to write for this concert, I decided to take a certain blatantly programmatic idea and run with it. The ensemble is divided into two groups. The outer group of Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano represent the landscape and surround the inner group of Violin, Violoncello and Percussion which represent the wind. The piece consists of the landscape group molding and forming the dynamics, pitches and sonic nature of the wind group. Various types of landscape are suggested, with the requisite change exacted from the wind. Though the wind is predominant throughout, it derives its power from that which it flows through and around.
Notes to Performers: s.p. sul ponticello s.t. sul tasto n.v. no vibrato ord. cancel previous effect ! slow tremolo, repeated notes between sustain and 8th notes @ medium tremolo, repeated notes between 8th notes and 32nd notes æ fast tremolo, repeated notes as fast as possible gradually move from tremolo to sustain or vice versa over duration of note value dotted slurs are phrase markings, to be taken in one bow or one breath if possible open circle is a crescendo from or decrescendo to niente
Instrumentation:
Violin Violoncello Percussion (Marimba, Triangle, Suspended Cymbal, Tam‐tam) Flute Bass Clarinet in B b (with low C extension) Piano (also plays Suspended Cymbal)
Seating:
Piano Percussion Flute Bass Clarinet Violin Violoncello
Wind Score Intense, directionally sustained, in 1 w = c15
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