Hot Air
Victoria Bond
About this work:
Premiere: March 6, 1992 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Renaissance City Winds
Commentary: Commisioned by the Renaissance City Winds, this quintet elaborates dramatic scenes from the opera that I was working on at that time, Travels. The first movement, Hot Air, shows Gulliver in an agitated state, eager for the journey, impatient to begin; the second movement, Who Is Gulliver, finds him at a turning point, where he has lost his direction and his sense of identity; the third movement, In My Land, gives him a glimpse of a more perfect world of peace and harmony; the last movement, Yahoos, gives an unflattering portrait of humans as seen by a more advanced lifeform
Year composed: 1991
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Woodwind Quintet
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 1 Horn in F
Instrumentation notes: Theodore Presser Company
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