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       Opus 10

The Middle Ring
for Brass Quintet

       1983

The score and parts are avialable from MusicaNeo

Performed twice by the New Albion Brass Quintet.

The Middle Ring is part of a series of compositions based on the planets of our Solar System., along with the Inner Ring and the Outer Ring for Brass trio, plus Mars for Horn quartet.

These are early I Ching scale works.

There are six movments to this work. I added the fourth one (Moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos) as a mastered these parts for publication in Decemebr of 2015; and I added one more movements when I recorded them in 2020 (I. Earth.)

I.Earth (June 2020)
II. Moon (1983)
III. Mars Choral for solo horn (1983)
IV. Mars for quartet (1111)
V. Moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos (Dec. 26, 2015)
IV. Saturn

The score and parts are avialable from MusicaNeo

This work is part of a four-work set:

The Inner Ring, opus 9 for Bell Choir
1. Sun (I Ching scale v.1 #49)
2. Mercury (I Ching scale v.1 #50)
3. Venus (I Ching scale v.1 #51)

The Middle Ring, Opus 10 for Brass Quintet
1. Moon (meditation) (I Ching scale v.1 #52)
2. Mars (developing) (I Ching scale v.1 #53)
3. Saturn (I Ching scale v.1 #54)

The Outer Ring, Opus 45 for brass trio 1983 Rev. February 1988
1. Uranus (I Ching scale v.1 #55)
2. Neptune (I Ching scale v.1 #56)
3. Pluto (I Ching scale v.1 #57)

Charon, Opus 254 for Flute, horn, harp, cello with videotape (Charon is the biggest moon of Pluto, perhaps, so comparatively big that Pluto and Charon sort of spiral together.)

There are versions of these works:

The Inner Ring, opus 9a for woodwind quintet 1982
1. Sun (I Ching scale v.1 #49)
2. Mercury (I Ching scale v.1 #50)
3. Venus (I Ching scale v.1 #51)

Mars, opus 10b arranged for Horn Quartet

Performed twice by the New Albion Brass Quintet c. 1983

The Middle Ring is part of a series of compositions based on the planets of our Solar System along with the Inner Ring and the Outer Ring for Brass trio, plus Mars for Horn quartet and More Outer Ring, Opus 269 and Rings of Saturn, Opus 268

These are early I Ching scale works from 1983

The Movement V. Moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos was added Dec. 26, 2015

The movement I, Earth was added in June of 2020

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