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About the piece
The
title of the piece is a multi-layered pun: First (and
perhaps painfully obvious) is that it’s a demanding work for
woodwinds.
But
more significantly, the title refers to the fact that
the piece was composed while at the MacDowell Colony, located in the
woods of
New Hampshire.
I
was surrounded by
hardwood trees for five weeks in the autumn, during the entire change
from
deep, lush greens through the explosion of colors of "peak" and then
the dropping of the leaves.
How
could
one not be moved and inspired by this transformation and the
magnificent
yellows, oranges, red, purples, and beautiful browns and earth-tones?
However,
the piece is in no way a literal tone-poem
attempting to portray this in sound, but rather a personal, musical
refraction
of my weeks in the hardwoods.
About the
International Joint Wind Quintet Project (JWQP)
The Joint Wind Quintet Project was created by the ICA (International Clarinet Association), the IDRS (International Double Reed Society), the IHS (International Horn Society), and the NFA (National Flute Association) to foster the creation of new works for the chamber combination which unites the four organizations: the wind quintet. After over a year of negotiations to bring the four organizations into agreement on the shape and form of this joint endeavor, the JWQP sponsored an international competition to commission a new wind quintet, premiered at the 2012 conventions of the four societies.
About the
Composer
McLoskey’s music has been performed in twenty countries on six continents, and has won more than two dozen national and international awards, including the prestigious Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The 2016 American Prize for Composition, the 2016 Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers, and the 2018 Aaron Copland House Award and commission. In 2009 he became the only composer in the 53 year history of the ISU New Music Festival to win both the chamber music and orchestral composition awards; both blind-juried national competitions with two independent panels. Recent performances include premieres in Italy, the UK, Berlin, New York, Philadelphia, and performances at international festivals in Cuba, the UK,Colombia, IIceland, and the "McLoskey Festival" at Spectrum in NYC.
Professor at the University of Miami, Frost School of Music, his music is released on Albany, Wergo Schallplatten, Capstone, Tantara, Equilibrium, and Beauport Classics.
www.lansingmcloskey.com
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score and parts are available from
PRESS ABOUT LANSING McLOSKEY:
— Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine, Annual Awards Issue
"Lansing
McLoskey composes music that is keenly heard and deeply
felt. His
music reveals a remarkable
sensitivity…resulting in works of emotional intensity. Avoiding
any
allegiance to “isms” he has developed a
unique musical voice which is clear and distinctive."
–
The American Academy of Arts
and Letters, on the occasion of his receiving the 2011 Goddard
Lieberson
Fellowship.
"Lansing McLoskey’s is a
distinctive voice in present day
American music."
–
Carlos María Solare.
The Journal
of the American
Viola Society.
–
Benjamin
Faris. The
Saxophone Symposium.
–
Elizabeth
Perten, Boston
Musical Intelligencer.
–Thomas
Hall, Journal
of the American Viola Society
“…A major talent...and a deep
thinker with a great ear.”
–American
Composers Orchestra press release