Tripping

Published by Kistner und Siegel:

* Tripping

  A Wind Quintet originally written for the 60 x 60 project and it was accepted in 2008.  Since this piece is under 60 seconds long, I cannot think of this as being a full, formal Wind Quintet, but instead a "Breeze Quintet."  It is light and playful like a breath of early Summer.  Tripping is a light-hearted interplay between instruments, filled with musical humor.

Even though the piece played at tempo is note quite a minute long, I would rate this piece as fairly difficult.

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Reviews

  Pleasant Whimsy

   I hear a pleasant little whimsy—interesting gestures, rhythmic interplay and tonal sound world. This composer shows some promise.  }:¬)

~David Carter

Unconventional & Engaging!

This "Breeze Quintet" is quite fitting of the title "Tripping". David has written lines which almost all descend, and by passing them from higher to lower voices gives a sense of a slow fall over the course of the piece.

The harmony is most unconventional, and a welcome change from the often bland harmonic language present in today's music, and adds to the programmatic nature of the piece, giving a sense of uncertainty to the slow descent.

A fine work, David!

~ Jonathan Loving