In Terra

for orchestra

orchestra

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There are layers of history within any institution, and the point of departure for my piece was the music I have written for my colleagues at Rice University over the last twenty years. The idea of layers of history also conjured the various epochs and layers within the earth’s crust and the sometimes slow, sometimes violent changes that take place over time. These layers are represented musically by various motives in the piece that are stacked upon each other towards the end of the work. This is an idea I used in a previous work, Strata, and a third piece will be added based on the same premise. Pierre Jalbert

Orchestral Cast

3(3.pic).3.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.2.btbn.1-timp.3perc(I. tam-t, vib, sus cym [shared with perc 2], 2tom-t [shared with perc 2], sm b.d [shared with perc 2]; II. crot [2 octaves], xylo, chimes, tamb, 2tom-t, sm b.d, s.d [shared with perc 3]; III. s.d, tri, 3tom-t, lg b.d)-pno.hp-str

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Title:

In Terra

for orchestra

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Helicon Music Corporation

Year of composition:

2016

Duration:

11 ′

World Premiere:

October 28, 2016 · New York, NY (USA)
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
Conductor: Larry Rachleff · The Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by Rice University's Shepherd School of Music for the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, Larry Rachleff, music directory, for the orchestra's Carnegie Hall concert on October 28, 2016, and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Shepherd School of Music