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Program notes:
Three Impressions of Northern Arizona
for flute (or violin) and piano
The three movements of this piece were composed in the
summer of 2007 for Emily McKay, flute and Rita Borden, piano. I chose places
and themes that were compelling for me for a variety of reasons. The first
movement, Wupatki, is based on the
feeling of expanse and solitude I experience when I am visiting this ancient
pueblo and the stunning vistas of the Painted Desert. The "Song of Friendship",
a charming and simple tune was introduced to me by Gary Gorman, a Native
American student of mine in the early 1990s. I fashioned a simple arrangement
and composed some original tunes to accompany it. This movement is dedicated to
my colleague, clarinetist Michael Sullivan, who was dying from a rare form of
cancer during the days I was finishing this movement. The day I finished the
piece, I realized that it needed to end as if it never had a chance to finish,
much like Michaels life that was so tragically cut short. Quite by chance, the
music ends at bar 43-the exact number of years of Michaels brief life. Wind, title of the third movement, was
composed to give musical interpretation to this element of relentless fury we
experience during several months out of the year in this region. It springs up
then dies down, only to resurface with more force and resilience.
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