ATMOSPHERE AS A FLUID SYSTEM, THE (FULL ORCHESTRA VERSION)


Movements:
I. Ring of Glory II. Fall Streaks III. Riding the Streams

Instrumentation:
Flute, orchestra: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, timpani, 3 percussion: [1 - vibraphone, wood block, sleigh bells], [2 - orchestra bells, marimba], [3 - bongos, tom-tom (low), tam-tam (large), wood block, chimes, suspended cymbals, temple blocks, snare drum, orchestra bells], piano, strings

Duration: 20 minutes

Commissioned By:
Commissioned by Eugenia Zukerman

Premiere:
Chamber version: Premiered by Eugenia Zukerman, flute with the Women's Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor; October 3, 1992 Full Orchestra verion: Premiered by Eugenia Zukerman, flute, with the National Symphony of Mexico; Enrique Diemecke, conductor; Mexico City, Mexico, May 25, 2001

Available From:
Oxford University Press (Rental) through C.F. Peters (USA distributor).

Composer's Notes:
The Atmosphere as a Fluid System suggests music that, while intricately interconnected, forms a gesture of fluid upward motion.  There is no prescribed traditional musical form in which the music develops.  Rather, as the description from the Encyclopaedia Britannica suggests, the work is a discovery of flow and motion as form—ever changing, as the forces which work with it exert their influences.
 
“Only in the present century has the atmosphere been seen as a large fluid system, the behaviour of which is primarily determined by the need for a poleward transfer of heat.”
 
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume XII, Macropaedia
 
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Additional Information:
This piece is also known as "Sky Concerto." There is also a version for chamber orchestra by the same name.

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