Wings to Air (DIGITAL)
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Composer: Andrea Reinkemeyer
Duration: 13:00
Scoring: solo flute
Materials: score (8.5 x 11)
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Duration: 13:00
Scoring: solo flute
Materials: score (8.5 x 11)
*This item is a PDF-download. Digital downloads are non-refundable. The purchase of this item entitles you to download, save, and print one copy of this file for private use. The purchase of this PDF file does not include the conveyance of copyright. You do not have the right to distribute this material to any third party, by any means. The copyright holder maintains all rights over their intellectual property. By submitting your order you demonstrate your acknowledgment of, and agreement to, these conditions.
Program Note
Wings to Air for Solo Flute (2013) was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, Natlie Haworth-Liu. Flutist Meerenai Shim will give the premiere performance on November 13, 2020 at the Center for New Music in San Francisco. The piece loosely follows the emotional trajectory of the grieving and healing process.
The first movement weaves together the harsh rhythmic pattern of the spoken phrase, “What did you say?” with gentle melodic reminders of kind words spoken in the past, acting as a musical equivalent to a bargaining tool. Caged was inspired by an anonymous painting, which powerfully depicts a woman in a dark room looking out through a heavily paned window to the bright exterior world. For me, this painting effectively expressed the desire to re-engage with the world, without knowing the best way to move forward. The core melodic materials for the third movement, Sleep. Rest. Quietly. come from a lullaby I sing to my daughter each evening to nurture and reassure her. The bird-like melodic materials of the final movement, Flight Risk, represent a “working through” initial grief to find new freedom. Many thanks to Natalie Haworth-Liu and Meerenai Shim for their artistic support.
— Andrea Reinkemeyer
The first movement weaves together the harsh rhythmic pattern of the spoken phrase, “What did you say?” with gentle melodic reminders of kind words spoken in the past, acting as a musical equivalent to a bargaining tool. Caged was inspired by an anonymous painting, which powerfully depicts a woman in a dark room looking out through a heavily paned window to the bright exterior world. For me, this painting effectively expressed the desire to re-engage with the world, without knowing the best way to move forward. The core melodic materials for the third movement, Sleep. Rest. Quietly. come from a lullaby I sing to my daughter each evening to nurture and reassure her. The bird-like melodic materials of the final movement, Flight Risk, represent a “working through” initial grief to find new freedom. Many thanks to Natalie Haworth-Liu and Meerenai Shim for their artistic support.
— Andrea Reinkemeyer
Reproduction Notice:
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer.
This program note may be freely reproduced in concert programs, provided that proper credit is given to the composer.