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Ladder to the moon

Written 2005

Inspired by the painting by Georgia O'Keeffe

SCORED FOR:

Flute 1
Flute 2 doubles piccolo (sounds octave higher)
1 Oboe
1 Bb Clarinet
1 Bassoon

2 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
1 Trombone
1 Bass Trombone

Percussion 1:  Hand Drum
    (Remo Tombek, Djembe or any hand drum with a deep, resonant sound)
Percussion 2:  xylophone, triangle, chimes
Timpani

Piano

Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Violoncello
Bass (sounds octave lower)

 

Commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the American Composers Forum.

 

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