Windows

Each movement is a study of various aspects of light in the study of refraction in prisms.

Genre: Solo Bassoon with Orchestra | # of Players: Standard + 1
Level: 5 | Duration: 22:00

Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 in Bb
Bassoon 1/2

Trumpet 1/2 in Bb
Horn 1/2
Horn 3
Trombone

Percussion 1 (bongos, snare drum, maracas, suspended cymbal, tambourine, wood block, sand paper, sleigh bells)

Percussion 2 (suspended cymbal, 4 toms, castanets, snare drum, sleigh bells, finger cymbals, wind chimes, tam tam, tom, snare drum)

Percussion 3 (slapstick, temple blocks, bass drum, crash cymbals, bell tree, tam tam)

Percussion 4 (4.5 octave marimba, vibraphone, bells)

Solo Bassoon

Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass

Program Notes
Commissioned by Barrick Stees, assistant principal bassoonist of The Cleveland Orchestra.

Each movement is a study of various aspects of light in the study of refraction in prisms.

I. Prisms
II. Liquid Moon
III. Through Stained, Leaded Glass
IV. Clouds: Obscured Light
V. White Light