Joyce Orenstein

Constellations

Year: 1989

Duration (in minutes): 15'39;

Difficulty: High (professional)

Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble

Instruments: any brass, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, percussion, trombone, trumpet

Publisher: Self-Produced



Description: This piece opens with an aleatoric section, and includes duets of various pairs of instruments (flute-clarinet, bassoon-horn, trumpet-trombone). Its pitch structure is based on the arrangement of stars in certain constellations.

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