F5D31B4B-20F9-4559-8C20-DA989EA3431C
| ID | F5D31B4B-20F9-4559-8C20-DA989EA3431C |
|---|---|
| Titlecode | R01378 |
| Title Name | Astral Blue |
| Marketing Copy | Astral Blue reflects the beauty of our natural earthly and cosmic environment. As an acknowledgement to the Leipzig Academic Orchestra, which commissioned and premiered the work, the B-A-C-H motive appears in the low strings early in the composition and becomes the indirect source of much of the following harmonic and melodic activity. |
| Instrumentation | 3.3.2.2.: 4.3.3.1: Timp.Perc(2).Hp: Str |
| Commission | Commissioned by the Leipzig Academic Orchestra Horst Förster, Music Director |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | Astral Blue (2006) is an orchestral composition that reflects the beauty of our natural earthly and cosmic environment. As an acknowledgement to the orchestra that premiered the work, the B-A-C-H motive appears in the low strings early in the composition and becomes the indirect source of much of the following harmonic and melodic activity. The central melodic gesture is presented by the violins and leads to an ebullient orchestral tutti. Following a slow, ethereal passage employing string glissandi, bowed vibraphone, and a five-note cantus firm us, the music becomes very energetic before subsiding again. An ascending melody in the violas ushers in the closing bars that contain fragments and variations of gestures presented earlier throughout the orchestra. The modal and pandiatonic writing in this piece is intended to evoke spiritually uplifting pastoral settings of atmospheric phenomena such as the soft glow of a clear morning sky or the gradual emergence of stars at twilight. |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 2006 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 11 |
| Ensemble Size | 13 |
| Date Created | 2008-10-31 20:31:29.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:31:29 |
| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
| Recording Credits | (not set) |
| Review | (not set) |
| Awards | (not set) |
| Title Category | 7 |
| Title Movements | (not set) |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Full Orchestra |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 31 |
| Title Instrument Header | 41 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
| Clean Url | astral-blue-r01378 |