CONTINUUM IV – Cascades (2003)

Concert: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Instumentation:

for flute soloist (on alto flute, flute, piccolo), 2 ob (2nd doubles on e-hn), 2 cl (1st doubles on Eb-cl, 2nd doubles on b-cl), 2 bsn (2nd doubles on cbsn), 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn (2nd doubles on b-tbn), 3 perc, cel, hp, strings (8-7-5-4-2); in three interconnected parts

Publisher:

Doblinger Music Publishers (rental score and parts available through [email protected])

Premiere Performance:

10/23/2004 at the Hall of Liberty, Los Angeles, CA by the Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Steven Kerstein, Susan Greenberg - flute soloist

Duration: 16 minutes (1 movement)
Commissioned by:

Susan Greenberg, flutist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

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Listen to CONTINUUM IV – Cascades
Excerpt 1, Excerpt 2 and Excerpt 3
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Rental score & parts are available through [email protected]

Reviews:

“Gernot Wolfgang succeeded in writing a vibrant, expressive and varied work. Moving through jazzy and pastoral, barn-storming and quiet sections, the piece will capture the attention of audiences.”

Flöte aktuell (Germany)

[Continuum IV – Cascades] is a gently dissonant, bright and aggressively amiable piece, alternately jazzy and pastoral.”

Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times