Orchestration: 3+pic+afl(fl).2+ca.3+Ebcl+2acl+2bcl+cbcl.2asx+tsx+barsx.2/4.2+2cor.3.1+2bar/timp.2perc/db

The main characteristics of this work were predetermined by the terms and implications of the commission:” a piece of “restful” music playable by high school bands. This immediately translated itself in my mind into a basically slow music, making limited technical and expressive demands on the players. It did not, however, rule out twelve-tone technique. (I am aware of the fact that many e...