Night Vision
for wind quintet
(2002)
duration: 11’
GRT • 085
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score
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Australian Music
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program note
Night
Vision is cast in
two movements and is loosely programmatic by nature, but
not in structure. Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman’s description
of the Earth at night as seen from space created in my mind
a general feel for the piece:
“At night the
universe opens up. Darkness gives you a new perspective
both on Earth and the sky. The high contrast of city lights
against Earth’s dark surface makes human civilisation more
visible at night than during the day. City lights provide
excellent beacons to guide you around the human geography
of our planet, all the way to the horizon.”