Product Description
An original piece by composer and clarinetist Ryan Terry. This unstable, suspenseful work details the the prophesied disastrous signs that will precede Christ's Second Coming through the use of asymetrical time signatures, whereas Christ's depicted descent from the heavens is the only part of the piece in 4/4, arguably the most comforting time signature. In fact, the title, "Signs of the Times", is actually a play on words of the term "time signatures", which is the main gimmick of the piece. The subtitle of the piece is (Matthew 24:29-30) which reads:
29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."
This piece was originally performed by the Wind Quintet at Brigham Young University-Idaho during the Fall 2023 semester, and has since been polished.
Estimated duration of piece: 5 min, 55 seconds
Email me for the sheet music for the individual parts, or let me know if you're going to perform this piece!
ryansterry2000@gmail.com
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