By:

• Ryan Youens

Duration:

04' 30"

Instrumentation:

2222; 4321; timp; perc; str

Samples

Score (403k)

Climax: Pages 17-22

© Ryan Youens

Availability

• This work has 2 scores

Programme Note

Subsidence is based on the energy and characteristics of mass land movements – an earthquake for example – hence the heavy brass and percussion. It was written for the ‘NZSO and Todd Foundation Young Composers Readings, where it was work shopped and recorded by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Wellington, July 2005.

Difficulty:

Advanced

Performance History

	05 Jul 2005	Performed by the NZSO and conducted by Hamish McKeich at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
		Hamish McKeich    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
	18 Feb 2006	Performed by the Southern Sinfonia and conducted by Peter Adams at the Dunedin Town Hall
		Southern Sinfonia