Van Gogh Vignettes Image Music Xxii
Greg A. Steinke
About this work:
Based on Potatoe Eaters, Seascape, Starry Night, Wheatfield with Crows.
As has been expressed in a journal of the painter, Edvard Munch: “at times you see with different eyes,” a composer “at times [hears] with different [ears.]” And so it is here of “hearing” these paintings at this moment in time. Another moment might produce a different “hearing,” or “hearing” impression. I’ve attempted to create my “hearing’ of these paintings and even create different possible hearings within the "hearing” through passages of structured improvisation, which in turn produce different hearings for the listener. So I’ve composed what I heard, to paraphrase Munch, at this moment in time.
Version: flute-Viola Duet
Year composed: 2003
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Viola