for flute, alto flute and piano
Scoringflute, alto flute, metal windchimes (optional) and piano
World Premiere3/28/2006
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
Amy Porter, alto flute / Yi-Chun Chen, flute / Christopher Harding, piano /
Programme Note This 9 ½ minute work for flute, alto flute, metal windchimes and piano is an arrangement of
Crystal, movement II of
Tell My Fortune (2004) for chamber orchestra. In the composer's words,
Crystal visits the dark world of gypsies who attempt to tell fortunes by gazing into crystal balls.
Commissioned by Amy Porter, Professor of Flute at the University of Michigan, the first performance of
Crystal took place on March 28, 2006 at Rackham Auditorium, University of Michigan, with Amy Porter, alto flute, Yi-Chun Chen, flute, and Christopher Harding, piano.
Tell My Fortune was commissioned for the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio, to commemorate the orchestra's 25th Anniversary.
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