Barber's Adagio & Winter's Journey
Category
String Orchestra +
Instrumentation
Shay, Baldwin, Miller: 1.0.0.0-0.0.0.0-gtr-strings
Woolf: [beatbox flute]; strings(min.5.4.3.2.1)
Barber: strings(8.8.4.4.4)
Jenkins: strings(min.6.5.4.3.2)
Commissioned By
Press Start Orchestra Composer Competition
Premiere
2022
Program
Fantasia on Themes for Journey
Themes by Austin Wintory, arr. Michael J. Miller
Native Tongues
Randall Woolf
Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber
Palladio
Karl Jenkins
1. Allegretto
2. Largo
The Road We Take
Themes by Austin Wintory, arr. Jacob Shay
Nascence/Apotheosis
Themes by Austin Wintory, arr. Cooper Baldwin
The orchestrations of Journey sway between the thrill of adventure and deep introspection. Mirage’s program was filled with pieces that capture the same: Barber’s Adagio, Jenkins’ Palladio, and the chilled beat of Woolf’s Native Tongues for beatbox flute and strings.