{"id":927,"date":"2024-10-01T04:14:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cacox.com\/?p=927"},"modified":"2024-10-23T07:10:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T23:10:45","slug":"canon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cacox.com\/canon","title":{"rendered":"Ca\u00f1on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Year composed<\/span>: 2010<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Duration<\/span>: 17&#8242;<br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Instrumentation<\/span>: flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, trombone, bass trombone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and premiered in Herbst Theater, San Francisco, March 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Movements:<\/strong><br>I. Headlong<br>II. Tender, Nostalgic<br>III. Strong, Punchy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Can\u0303on\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z89iOaycUa0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cal Performances, Eco Ensemble. David Milnes conducting, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, February 3, 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cacox.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purchase<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fCZlpFSmuUmRTw-gxUueK7QbYmihGwrK\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perusal Score<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, Ben Simon approached me about composing a new work for the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and he gave me several choices of \u201ccompanion\u201d pieces to choose from\u2014works already in the repertoire that would have the same instrumentation as my composition. Somewhat to Ben\u2019s surprise (I think), I chose the Stravinsky <em>Octet<\/em>, a piece that I\u2019ve loved since encountering it as a student. Having a rather unusual instrumentation, the <em>Octet<\/em> is not so well known outside of professional circles&#8211;but for us composers, it\u2019s a beloved composition, full of energy, charm, and dry wit. If you don\u2019t already know it, you\u2019re in for a treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, when I took on this instrumentation, it became filtered through my own creative lens. My sound-world is very different from Stravinsky\u2019s. I love a certain kind of transparency in music, a kind of flow or elegance, but I also prefer the sonic choices to have special or unusual colors. So, for example I ask the brass players to sing into their instrument while they\u2019re playing or use multiple kinds of mutes to alter the sound. I ask for the wind players to overblow their instrument or to split the airstream to create &#8220;multiphonics\u201d, the illusion of chords. I ask the flute player to play \u201cwhistle tones\u201d beautiful, very quiet sounds that for me evoke nature and natural surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While composing this piece last year, I had been reading a work of the great naturalist John Muir, <em>The Mountains of California<\/em>. Even though this book is over a hundred years old, his descriptions of our landscape (are they science or poetry?) still resonate&#8211;particularly inspiring were passages describing the sculpting process of glaciers and waterways, and these had a direct influence on <em>Ca\u00f1on<\/em>. Also influential was a trip I took last fall to the amazing Iguaz\u00fa falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil. The immensity of the falls is impossible to describe, the wealth of color, the tremendous power and force\u2014these images also formed part of <em>Ca\u00f1on\u2019s<\/em> genesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cacox.com\/scores\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"150\">back to full catalog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year composed: 2010Duration: 17&#8242;Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, trombone, bass trombone Commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and premiered in Herbst Theater, San Francisco, March 2011. Movements:I. HeadlongII. Tender, NostalgicIII. 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