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       Opus 9a

The Inner Ring
version for wind quintet

1982

Revision to be done before this work is released.

The Inner Ring for woodwind quintet, Opus 9a 1982
premiere 10/14/82

The "Ring" series of mine is a group a chamber works depicting the planets of our solar system. This work, the Middle Ring for Brass quintet, the out ring for Brass trio and Pluto form a set.

These works are early in my use of the I Ching scales. I had correlated the I ching Hexagrams 49 & up with the Sun and planets.

An etherial musical composition

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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