Two Moods
Dosia McKay
About this work:
for Clarinet and Piano
Listen: http://dosiamckay.com/music-scores/two-moods/
Composed for clarinetist Jeffrey St. John Sherwood in 2008, Two Moods depict two opposite states of mind. The first movement, Haunted, illustrates an eerie, suspenseful feeling, intertwined with passages of sheer panic and terror. Here the composer recalls and confronts her childhood fear of being left alone in the dark. The second movement, Wind Chimes, portrays a feeling of freedom, release, and beauty inspired by the gentle, pentatonic scale rattle of wind chimes outside of her writing studio. Here she also pays homage to composer Aaron Copland with her soft and colorful harmonic palette.
Year composed: 2008
Duration: 00:08:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Keyboard plus One Instrument
Instrumentation: ,1 Clarinet soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: for Clarinet and Piano