Beth Anderson

Minnesota Swale

Year: 1993

Duration (in minutes): 13

Difficulty: Medium (college/community)

Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra

Instruments: bassoon, cello, clarinet, contrabass, flute, horn, oboe, percussion, trumpet, viola, violin

Publisher: available from the composer

Publisher website: www.beand.com

MP3 STREAM: https://soundcloud.com/jeffrey-james-271129138/beth-anderson-minnesota-swale


Description: Commissioned/premiered by the Minnesota Synphonia with Jay Fishman conducting and recorded for Opus One in 1995 in Bratislava by the Slovak Radio Symphony. Available on the Opus One CD, New Music For Orchestra. (A swale is a meadow or a marsh where a lot of wild plants grow together. The composer discovered the word when a horse named Swale won the Kentucky Derby in 1984. Since her work is primarily collage of newly composed musical swatches, she has used the name extensively.) This swale includes an improvised percussion cadenza. Performed by Pasadena Symphony Orchestra's Sinfonia Ensemble conducted by Pin Chen and the Wellesley College Orchestra conducted by Joel Suben.

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