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Hourglass

a musical timepiece for orchestra

Year:  2006   ·  Duration:  13m
Instrumentation:  3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 hrn, 3 tpt, 2 trom, 1 tba, 4 perc, pno, harp, VVVCD strings.

Year:  2006
Duration:  13m
Instrumentation  3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bsn, 4 ...

Composer:   Nathanael Dejong

About

I have always been fascinated with the hourglass as a timekeeping device. Not only the visual aesthetic of sand falling, but the marking of time by the movement of mass. This work for large orchestra attempts to convey the passing of visual time as we perceive it over a defined period.