Things Heard, Misunderstood (DIGITAL)
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Composer: Andrea Reinkemeyer
Duration: 10:30
Scoring: alto saxophone
Materials: score (8.5 x 11)
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Duration: 10:30
Scoring: alto saxophone
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
Things Heard, Misunderstood for Alto Saxophone with Optional Live Processing (2012) is dedicated to Wisuwat George Pruksavanich who premiered the work on July 12, 2013 at the Thailand International Composition Festival at Mahidol University College of Music (Salaya, Thailand).
I began writing this piece about one year after moving to Thailand as a way to process a few of the experiences here. Lamentation uses elements from a six-note tune sung boisterously by an elderly man who walks through my neighborhood about once a month. Initially, I believed he was opening his heart through blissful prayer, but he was actually advertising his drain cleaning services. The beauty, and difficulty, of the Thai language is connected with its tonality and the many intricate timbres of the voice. I have reinterpreted his tune as a deploration, infusing it with my own prayers.
InDeet: Mischievous Mosquito is a playful character piece about those pesky, biting insects we all hate.
Quitetly, Quieting. Throughout our travels around Thailand, we have visited many wats (temples). A trip can sometimes provide sensory overload, but it is fun to explore all the new sights and sounds (and smells), while attempting to calm your mind. I find the, mostly, peaceful intermingling of faiths throughout this country admirable.
— Andrea Reinkemeyer
I began writing this piece about one year after moving to Thailand as a way to process a few of the experiences here. Lamentation uses elements from a six-note tune sung boisterously by an elderly man who walks through my neighborhood about once a month. Initially, I believed he was opening his heart through blissful prayer, but he was actually advertising his drain cleaning services. The beauty, and difficulty, of the Thai language is connected with its tonality and the many intricate timbres of the voice. I have reinterpreted his tune as a deploration, infusing it with my own prayers.
InDeet: Mischievous Mosquito is a playful character piece about those pesky, biting insects we all hate.
Quitetly, Quieting. Throughout our travels around Thailand, we have visited many wats (temples). A trip can sometimes provide sensory overload, but it is fun to explore all the new sights and sounds (and smells), while attempting to calm your mind. I find the, mostly, peaceful intermingling of faiths throughout this country admirable.
— 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.