Below the City
• written for Wind Quintet; 9' 00"
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
( 2017 )
• written for Wind Quintet; 9' 00"
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
( 2017 )
Below the City is a musical imagination of Dante’s Inferno, exploring the story from the voyage along the River Styx toward the Sixth Circle of Hell until the arrival at the top of the Eighth Circle. The journey relies on ostinatos which layer together to create a complex soundscape. Some sections are based upon a twelve-tone matrix and others extend from using different sound colors, including tone clusters and considerations for range. The journey ends as uncertain as it began.
Performances
Premiere: Atéa Wind Quintet:
Alena Walentin (flute), Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Philip Haworth (oboe), Chris Beagles (horn), Ashley Myall (bassoon)
Dartington, UK, August 1, 2018
at Dartington International Festival
Recordings
First: Atéa Wind Quintet in London, UK, December 2017
Premiere: Atéa Wind Quintet:
Alena Walentin (flute), Anna Hashimoto (clarinet), Philip Haworth (oboe), Chris Beagles (horn), Ashley Myall (bassoon)
Dartington, UK, August 1, 2018
at Dartington International Festival
Recordings
First: Atéa Wind Quintet in London, UK, December 2017