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Vortex

Vortex


  • Instrumentation: Wind band
  • Edition: Score and parts
  • Series: Windependence
  • Order No.: BHI 6102032
£124.50
Weight: 1.2 kg
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Description
A vortex is a whirling mass, such as a tornado or whirlpool, which is created when a source of momentum causes a thick layer of unstable stratification to move with ever stronger tangential velocity as the medium (air or water) converges ito a smaller radius. The vortex gradually gains power and momentum while, ironically, forming a vacuum at its center. It is this image of opposites-one influenced by the other-that was the genesis of this piece. The piece alternates between moments of extreme stasis and whirling energy. While the work is not a concerto, the piano often serves as the source of momentum, with the ensemble-static at first-gradually pulled into the vortex.
Details
ISMN: 979-0-051-66028-5
Performance duration: 11' 0"
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Series: Windependence
UPC: 073999844078
A vortex is a whirling mass, such as a tornado or whirlpool, which is created when a source of momentum causes a thick layer of unstable stratification to move with ever stronger tangential velocity as the medium (air or water) converges ito a smaller radius. The vortex gradually gains power and momentum while, ironically, forming a vacuum at its center. It is this image of opposites-one influenced by the other-that was the genesis of this piece. The piece alternates between moments of extreme stasis and whirling energy. While the work is not a concerto, the piano often serves as the source of momentum, with the ensemble-static at first-gradually pulled into the vortex.
ISMN: 979-0-051-66028-5
Performance duration: 11' 0"
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
Series: Windependence
UPC: 073999844078
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