composer
Kiln
Year:
2006
Instrumentation:
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, piano
Duration:
7 minutes Audio:
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Performances:
- August 22, 2006 - Cinco Brass Quintet St. James Cathedral, Rush Hour Concert Series, Chicago, IL
- November 15, 2006 - Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Kiln was composed for the Cinco Brass Quintet who premiered it in August of 2006. This piece involves a series of gradual transformations. It opens with a low, rumbling pattern in the piano that slowly moves to the middle register. Simultaneously, the piano pattern hardens into a more chordal texture. The brass quintet, meanwhile, enters very softly before eventually asserting itself. Kiln was partially inspired by Titian's The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence.