WEEKEND SUITE
Sorrel Hays
About this work:
WEEKEND SUITE contains three solos: 1. Saturday Nights 2. Sunday Mornings 3. Sunday Nights. The music calls upon images from the composer's childhood in Tennessee and Georgia, square dances, church bells and hymn sings. "Sunday Mornings" and "Sunday Nights" use extensive tone cluster technique, along with melodic collage.
Year composed: 1986
Duration: 00:12:00
Ensemble type: Keyboard:Piano
Instrumentation: 1 Piano
Instrumentation notes: Includes cluster technique in two of the pieces of the suite. The pieces may be performed as separate solos or together as a suite.