Still Motion
a cycle for orchestra
Inst:
2000, 2201, timp., 2perc, strings
Date:
1999
Duration:
7'
Performances:
2021 CA premiere: Googler Orchestra, Diego Hernandez, Conductor, livestream * 2020: DCINY Orchestra, Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, NY * 2001 World premiere: Orchestra of the SEM Ensemble, Petr Kotik, Conductor, Brooklyn, NY
Released 7/8/2016: SPARKS, Navona Records, NV6050 Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky, Conductor
Score available through Subito Music Distribution. Purchase CD.
Program note: The inspiration for Still Motion arose from a combination of sorting through the emotional residue of year’s end and the impatient desire to move ahead with life with a new year’s beginning. It is a mix of edgy energy, reflective sadness and strength of conviction. –RW
Video is an introductory excerpt that I created with the opening of the piece.
