Whirlwind (symphony orchestra)
Browse CatalogYear
2013Difficulty
AdvancedDuration
03:00 min
Instrumentation: Orchestra
Genres: Energetic
Whirlwind is a brief, caffeinated work for symphony orchestra. Developed entirely from the opening scalar gesture, the music perpetually swirls around and through the ensemble, unfurling into a bombastic climax, then abruptly dissipating into thin air.
Transcribed by Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant
Premiered
24 November 2013, Duke Medicine Orchestra, Verena Moesenbichler-Bryant, conductor
Technical Info
Flute I – II – III (doubles Piccolo)
Oboe I – II
Bassoon I – II
Clarinet in Bb I – II (doubles Bs. Clar)
Horn in F I – II – III – iV
Bb Trumpet I – II – III
Trombone I – II – III (Bass)
Tuba
Harp (optional
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I: Glockenspiel
Percussion II: Xylophone/Marimba
Percussion III: Bass Drum
Strings