Opus 48 Opus Tour |
Date composed:
December 1988
This set of horn solos started in my college days at California State University @ Hayward, explores some of the strange sounds one can produce on the horn, but they primarily explore the technique of singing and playing the horn simultaneously.
My Sculptures are a very important part of my compositional output as they are key pieces from several different periods in my compositional life.
See also Sculpture I - III, Op. 43
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Sculpture V, Op. 49A musical composition that received a number of performances in 1988-9
Performances:
1/12/92 Davis Arts Center
8/24/89 First Unitarian Church of Berkeley.
(date forgotten) Trinity Chamber Concerts in Berkeley
assisted by Sean O'GaraA terrific work, but you need to be able to do advanced multi-phonics.
Sculpture IV starts with the same opening phrase as Sculpture III since I started as a rewrite of the work. This work has two sets of slides the go with it, on projected on the performer and on a screen behind the horn player with some overlap. This work is much more of a mature work than the previous in that the phrases are more melodic. It was written entirely in the practice room with horn, which is very unusual for me since I used to write mostly on public transit in my spare time.
