View Inside

Listen to an Excerpt  Xð

by Aaron Johnson

Lead time before shipping:
2-3 days

Spins and Turns for Flute

Duration: approx. 3 1/2 minutes.

Composed by Aaron Johnson, for Flute. 1 Full Score. Contemporary Classical. 4 pages. 8 1/2 X 11. Booklet Format. Published by Painted Bird Music.

The idea for Spins and Turns for Flute for was originally conceived after the composer showed Varese’s Density 21.5 to a number of his composition students. The goal in showing them the Varese piece was to illustrate how a lot can be done with only a few notes. While this piece may use all twelve notes of the chromatic scale (as does the Varese), it is based on a single five note cell. The title refers not only to the surface figurations of the music but also to the rotations and transpositions the original five-note cell is put through. This piece was written for flutist Sarah Berg.