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Mechanical Fanfare
(excerpt)
1st place in 2006 NACUSA Young Composers Competition
Program notes:
Similar to Unsuk Chin's Fantasie Méchanique, Mechanical Fanfare is based on a dream, more specifically, a recurring nightmare. Lost somewhere in a maze of corridors, the pounding sound of some machine slowly gets louder. Although I run away from the sound, the consistent thumping seems to get louder and the corridors begin to rattle. The sound only stops when I stop running, but for some reason, I only stop for brief moments. When the machine finally reveals itself, a blinding light emerges and I violently wake up.
Instrumentation:
Trumpet in C
Trombone
2 Percussion*
Piano
*List of Percussion:
Percussion 1:
8 Drums
(shared with percussion 2)
Vibraphone
Suspended Cymbal
Percussion 2:
8 Drums
(shared with percussion 1)
Tam-tam
Tambourine
Chinese Cymbal
Crotales
Triangle
Bass Drum