Suite for Chamber Orchestra

fl,ob,cl,bn,hn,strings-optional timp & tri
30:45 minutes

World Premiere
NIH Philharmonia
Nancia D'Alimonte, Music Director
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Rockville, MD
October 20, 2007

I. Before the Fall!

Before the Fall! was almost completed before that defining moment of September 11th, yet there is a dark side to the piece that seems to forebode. Coincidentally, the title also portrays the sense of loss felt as summer fades away and the anticipated dread of the cold and dark as winter approaches. In some sense, the events that shape our world are just as seasonal and uncontrollable as the weather.

BWG with the Trinity Chamber Orhchestra at St. Ann's

World Premiere
Trinity Chamber Orchestra
Richard Fazio, Music Director and Conductor
St. Ann's Catholic Church
4001 Yuma St. NW, Washington, DC 20016
Sunday Oct 15th, 2006 at 3pm
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II. Avalon

Avalon is the mystical island of healing that King Arthur went to after his battle. This piece represents the slow and necessary healing process following a dramatic event. Mysterious and epic sounding, Avalon has a freestyle beginning with interjecting little motives -- then transitions and builds upon these interjections to a steady and foreboding feel with string pizzicato. The color and character changes subtly as the piece slowly climaxes and relaxes. (2004 realization by Vienna Symphonic Library.)

Erik E. Ochsner conducting SONOS Chamber Orchestra
in the world premiere of Celebration!
 

III. Celebration!

Celebration! deals with the joy and celebration of life that we need to express after coming to terms with the darker side. With all its excitement and vigor, as well as its interesting unexpected turns, Celebration! makes a great concert opener!!!

World Premiere
SONOS Chamber Orchestra
Erik E. Ochsner, Music Director
The Church of the Holy Trinity
316 East 88th Street, New York NY
February 27, 2003 at 8pm
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~ January 16, 2005 performance by Trinity Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC with Richard Fazio, Music Director and Conductor.

~ July 21, 2005 by Festival Chamber Orchestra in Shippensgburg, PA with Norm Nunnamacher, Conductor (below) and Dr. Blaine Shover, Artistic Director.

~ May 4, 2008 by Holyoke Civic Symphony in Holyoke, MA with David Kidwell, Artistic Director.