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Soundcloud excerpt score available from Reed Music program note The title of this piece refers to the height at which spacecraft orbit the Earth, and by extension what the planet looks like from up there. Pictures of Earth taken from space certainly conjure feelings of majestic elation to my mind and I have attempted to … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note Contrary to visions of a delayed landing approach from hell, the title 4 Hours in a Holding Pattern actually refers to a uniquely wonderful flight from St. Petersburg to London. Taking off at sunset, the plane impossibly follows the sun and lands four hours later, still in sunset. … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note This piece is dedicated to the English novelist, Martin Amis. Living under the constant possibility of nuclear holocaust has been a theme of his novels that has stayed with me. In this piece, I wanted to create a psycho-emotive ‘tone-poem’ based on the following predicament: News emerges of … Read more
YouTube CD available 100 Years, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, A Celebration in Music MSO, Brett Kelly (cond.) ABC Classics score available from Wise Music program note 90 Minutes is the time it takes for a space shuttle to circle the Earth. This piece is inspired by observations made by astronauts from various countries regarding what the … Read more
score available from Wise Music program note I was not aware of the passing of Aaron Copland (1900-1990) when I started writing this fanfare early in 1992. After some initial sketches, I came across a compilation of Copland’s music that contained, among other things, his Fanfare for the Common Man. I knew the Emmerson, Lake … Read more