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Premiere of Compass Kaleidoscope with Pennsylvania Quintet
Scored for: Woodwind Quintet Duration: 5 movements, 18 min. Premiere: April 12, 2015, Penn State University, Esber Recital Hall, The Pennsylvania Quintet Commissioned by: The Pennsylvania Quintet Published by:Cimarronmusic Recorded by: The Pennsylvania Quintet, 2017. Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon. Order music:Click here or here for score and parts See preview score pages: Compass Kaleidoscope sample pages
Movements:
I. Compass Kaleidoscope
II. Old Maid’s Ramble
III. Mexican Rose
IV. Bleeding Hearts
V. Windblown Square
LISTEN
QUOTE
“The piece is a tapestry of colors that are beautifully woven together. Each movement embodies the quilt pattern is was based upon resulting in five distinct movements that contrast in color, character, and style.”
— Naomi Seidman, Flutist, Pennsylvania Quintet
PROGRAM NOTES
Compass Kaleidoscope was commissioned by the Pennsylvania Quintet (Penn State Faculty members) in celebration of their 30 Year Anniversary. It is based on a theme related to Pennsylvania: Amish quilts. Pennsylvania is noted for its longtime quilt making arts, a tradition started in the early 1800’s by Amish and Mennonite women in Lancaster county. Each of the five movements of the quintet is inspired by a different traditional quilt pattern chosen by a member of the quintet. The musical materials were derived from the geometric shapes, color palette, arrangement of blocks, the name of the design and traditional folk melodies. Some of the compositional ideas were informed by the composer’s synesthesia where particular pitches are associated with colors.
Compass Kaleidoscope
Premiere of Compass Kaleidoscope with Pennsylvania Quintet
Scored for: Woodwind Quintet
Duration: 5 movements, 18 min.
Premiere: April 12, 2015, Penn State University, Esber Recital Hall, The Pennsylvania Quintet
Commissioned by: The Pennsylvania Quintet
Published by: Cimarronmusic
Recorded by: The Pennsylvania Quintet, 2017. Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon.
Order music:Click here or here for score and parts
See preview score pages:
Compass Kaleidoscope sample pages
Movements:
I. Compass Kaleidoscope
II. Old Maid’s Ramble
III. Mexican Rose
IV. Bleeding Hearts
V. Windblown Square
LISTEN
QUOTE
“The piece is a tapestry of colors that are beautifully woven together. Each movement embodies the quilt pattern is was based upon resulting in five distinct movements that contrast in color, character, and style.”
— Naomi Seidman, Flutist, Pennsylvania Quintet
PROGRAM NOTES
Compass Kaleidoscope was commissioned by the Pennsylvania Quintet (Penn State Faculty members) in celebration of their 30 Year Anniversary. It is based on a theme related to Pennsylvania: Amish quilts. Pennsylvania is noted for its longtime quilt making arts, a tradition started in the early 1800’s by Amish and Mennonite women in Lancaster county. Each of the five movements of the quintet is inspired by a different traditional quilt pattern chosen by a member of the quintet. The musical materials were derived from the geometric shapes, color palette, arrangement of blocks, the name of the design and traditional folk melodies. Some of the compositional ideas were informed by the composer’s synesthesia where particular pitches are associated with colors.
I. Compass Kaleidoscope
II. Old Maid’s Ramble
III. Mexican Rose
IV. Bleeding Hearts
V. Windblown Square
Parts include:
Flute and Alto Flute
Oboe, English Horn and Triangle
Clarinet, Triangle and Bass Clarinet
Horn in F and Triangle
Bassoon and Triangle
Pennsylvania Quintet