the view from here
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Composer: Christopher Chandler
Duration: 10:00
Scoring: flute, clarinet, horn in F, percussion, violin, viola, cello
Materials: Score and Set of Parts (8.5x11)
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Duration: 10:00
Scoring: flute, clarinet, horn in F, percussion, violin, viola, cello
Materials: Score and Set of Parts (8.5x11)
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Program Note
I. drones and swells of the not-far road (skyline drive)
II. a point off in the blue woods (big meadows)
III. moving points in the hooves and feet of animals (hawksbill)
"the view from here" was written for Music in the American Wild, a project initiated and lead by Emlyn Johnson and Dan Ketter to celebrate the centennial of the US National Park System by commissioning new works to be performed in select National Parks across the country.
For this work, I collaborated with my close friend, former neighbor, and wonderful poet F. Daniel Rzicznek, who teaches in the English department at Bowling Green State University. After telling him about the project and that I was planning to write something based on Shenandoah National Park, I asked if he would write a poem that I could respond to in some way, and "Compass" is the result. The images within "Compass" immediately called to mind both general and specific features of Shenandoah, a park special to me and one not far from my then home in Richmond, Virginia.
Each of the three movements in "the view from here" bears a title that comes from a line of Dan's poem and also contains a subtitle connecting it to a particular place within Shenandoah. The first movement, "drones and swells of the not-far road," is a meditation on the park's most prominent feature: Skyline Drive, a scenic highway winding its way through the entire park. "a point off in the blue woods," the second movement, was inspired by Big Meadows (a large, open space in the heart of the park) and features bells and distant, fragmented quotes of folk song. The third movement "moving points in the hooves and feet of animals" is subtitled "hawksbill" for the trail leading to the highest summit of the park, which offers incredible vistas and many opportunities for encountering wildlife.
— Christopher Chandler
II. a point off in the blue woods (big meadows)
III. moving points in the hooves and feet of animals (hawksbill)
"the view from here" was written for Music in the American Wild, a project initiated and lead by Emlyn Johnson and Dan Ketter to celebrate the centennial of the US National Park System by commissioning new works to be performed in select National Parks across the country.
For this work, I collaborated with my close friend, former neighbor, and wonderful poet F. Daniel Rzicznek, who teaches in the English department at Bowling Green State University. After telling him about the project and that I was planning to write something based on Shenandoah National Park, I asked if he would write a poem that I could respond to in some way, and "Compass" is the result. The images within "Compass" immediately called to mind both general and specific features of Shenandoah, a park special to me and one not far from my then home in Richmond, Virginia.
Each of the three movements in "the view from here" bears a title that comes from a line of Dan's poem and also contains a subtitle connecting it to a particular place within Shenandoah. The first movement, "drones and swells of the not-far road," is a meditation on the park's most prominent feature: Skyline Drive, a scenic highway winding its way through the entire park. "a point off in the blue woods," the second movement, was inspired by Big Meadows (a large, open space in the heart of the park) and features bells and distant, fragmented quotes of folk song. The third movement "moving points in the hooves and feet of animals" is subtitled "hawksbill" for the trail leading to the highest summit of the park, which offers incredible vistas and many opportunities for encountering wildlife.
— Christopher Chandler
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.