Tangents
for quintet (wind or brass)
Inst:
quintet (wind or brass)
Date:
1997
Duration:
8'
Performances:
* Wind Premiere 2018: NYU Wind Ensemble, NY, NY; * Brass Premiere 2010: West End Brass Quintet, Festival of Women Composers Hartford, CT
Tangents derives its name from divergent musical lines that seem to arrive and depart from a musical center, much like fragments of thoughts that tangentially pass through conversations.
(Perusal score is for wind quintet)
