Hidden Heritage: A Dance Symphony
Judith Lang Zaimont
About this work:
For flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet/tenor saxophone, electric piano, amplified cello, percussion (32:00)
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Commissioned by Baltimore Dance Theatre/Baltimore Museum of Art, through a grant from the Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust, with additional funding from the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Art and Culture
First Performances: Baltimore Museum of Art, June 6-7, 1987
Other Performances: Columbia, Maryland; Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania; Polaris Ensemble
"An excellent work, its disparate elements fused with remarkable skill. Indeed, listening to Zaimont's music, one often thinks that if a common musical language could exist in the late 20th century, it might sound like this."
-- Baltimore Sun
"A dramatic brilliance suitable for its stage origins. ... Each scene is complete within itself."
-- Fanfare
"Fascinating renditions of visual images... Right away it grabs our attention with its clanging bells, hot and cool woodwinds ... it flaunts its tight structure and jazziness."
-- Classical disCDigest
Version: 5 players: fl/alto fl, cl/bs cl/tenor sx, cello, pno., perc.
Year composed: 1987
Duration: 00:32:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 2-5 players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Clarinet, 1 Percussion (General), 1 Piano, 1 Cello