Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (2007)

  1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle  (8')

  2.      excerpt

  3.     -clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, piano

  4.     -arrangement commissioned by Ensemble Zellig

  5.     -premiered October 6, 2007 (Longny-au-perche, France)  

  6.            Etienne Lamaison, clarinet/bass clarinet

  7.            Silvia Lenzi, cello

  8.            Thierry Pecou, piano

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  10. Program Notes

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  12. The title reflects the history of the work's main musical material. It originated as a four-part choral piece, but something was missing. I reduced and reused it in its next form, a 13-part clarinet choir, shortening some sections and writing new ones without straying too far from the original material. Finally, I reworked it considerably into a transformed, or recycled, version for saxophones and piano. At the request of Thierry Pécou, I arranged it in this instrumentation for Ensemble Zellig.  

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  14. Sampling, remixing, and varying – all forms of musical recycling – are important components of my artistic philosophy.  They also have as metaphors the actions we should take regarding our natural resources. 

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  16. In this age of rapid global warming, diminishing natural resources, and eight years of a Bush White House, the phrase, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," which I learned when very young, has never sounded so urgent. The Obama administration, which has made energy its highest priority after the economic recession, may quickly change our nation's collective environmental awareness.

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  18. Subsequent Performances

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  20. October 24, 2007 at UNC-Greensboro for the school’s annual new music festival

  21. October 28, 2007 at UNC-Greensboro for Gina Pezzoli’s recital

  22. December 1 and 5, 2008 in New York City by the Lost Dog Ensemble

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  25. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle  (8')

  26.     excerpt  (from Trio Saxiana’s recording on Eroica Recordings VOC1519)

  27.     -alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano

  28.     -commissioned by Trio Saxiana

  29.     -premiere on January 19, 2008 (Paris, France) by Trio Saxiana

  30.             Anne Lecapelin, alto saxophone

  31.             Nicolas Prost, tenor saxophone

  32.             Laurent Wagschal, piano

  33.     -recorded by Trio Saxana for Nicolas Prost’s CD “Klassik & Blue” from 2009 (Eroica Recordings JDT 3447) 

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  35. Program Notes

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  37. The title reflects the history of the work's main musical material. It originated as a four-part choral piece, but something was missing. I reduced and reused it in its next form, a 13-part clarinet choir, shortening some sections and writing new ones without straying too far from the original material. Finally, I reworked it considerably into a transformed, or recycled, version for saxophones and piano for Trio Saxiana. 

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  39. Sampling, remixing, and varying – all forms of musical recycling – are important components of my artistic philosophy.  They also have as metaphors the actions we should take regarding our natural resources. 

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  41. In this age of rapid global warming, diminishing natural resources, and eight years of a Bush White House, the phrase, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," which I learned when very young, has never sounded so urgent. The Obama administration, which has made energy its highest priority after the economic recession, may quickly change our nation's collective environmental awareness.

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  43. Subsequent Performances

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  45. numerous performances by Trio Saxiana in France

  46. Duke New Music Ensemble performance in April 2008