in shadows, in silence
Gregg Wramage
About this work:
An arrangement of my sextet "in shadows, in silence" (2002) for chamber orchestra, premiered by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, 7/03. The original sextet was premiered by eighth blackbird, 7/02. Published by the composer. For further information about this work, please contact Gregg Wramage at: gwramage@hotmail.com; 718 238-9485; 28 Marine Ave., Apt. 5H, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Program note: The music of "in shadows, in silence" was inspired by certain ideas I’ve developed recently regarding memory and the past. In the months before I began work on the piece I realized that my memories of earlier periods of my life were most strongly stimulated by shadows and silences. As I started to sketch the work, shadows and silences acted as portals through which I would pass from the world of the present into the world of the past. In one sense, the two contrasting musics found in this work are representative of the emotional and expressive qualities I have come to associate with each of these two distinct spiritual worlds.
Version: Chamber orchestra
Year composed: 2003
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: 2 Flute, 2 Oboe, 2 Clarinet, 2 Bassoon, 2 Horn in F, 2 Trumpet, 2 Trombone, 1 Timpani, 1 Percussion (General), 11 Violin, 4 Viola, 3 Cello, 2 Double bass, 1 Harp
Instrumentation notes: 2nd flute doubles piccolo, 2nd oboe doubles English Horn, 2nd clarinet doubles E-flat clarinet and B-flat Bass clarinet, 1st trumpet doubles D trumpet. String section should be no less than 65432.