the passing measures (1998) 45'
Commissioner: the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
First Performer: 3 May 1998, with Marty Ehrlich, bass clarinet, and members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Paul Herbert conductor
Instrumentation: solo bcl, 8 alto voices,0000/4331/4perc,2pf,ebgtr,8 or more vc,2 or more db; amp
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Program note:
I think one of the reasons our commercial culture likes all music to be fast and snappy is because in fast music it is harder to recognize the passing of time. You listen to the tunes, to the catchy phrases, but you are not allowed to feel just how time slips away. Slow music is good for contemplation but is probably terrible for business, so you don't get much of it in your daily life. One of the noble things you can do in a piece of 'serious' music is allow for an experience that can't happen in your everyday life. ''the passing measures'' is that kind of experience.
—David Lang
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