From New York, With Love
Title
From New York, With Love
Description
Chinese-born American composer Wang Jie wrote "From New York, With Love" for flute or piccolo and percussion.
Program notes for the composition on the composer's website indicate: "It’s been tickling my ears that countless New Yorkers are greeted every day by a musical motif as the new subway trains on the green and yellow lines pull out of their stations: c2 – f2 – e3. The exact mechanism that produces these unchanging tones is a mystery to me (another way of saying that having perfect pitch may be convenient but doesn’t guarantee a mechanical engineering degree). I’ve hijacked that three-note-motif tonight, relocating it from the raucous underworld to the clean acoustic canvas of this concert hall and transforming into a musical composition for Flute, Viola and Harp. Eager to dance in its new disguise, the motif is having a field day out here. Please dance with it for the next few moments because it’s sure to escape back to the subway stations before the MTA notices and causes delays."
Program notes for the composition on the composer's website indicate: "It’s been tickling my ears that countless New Yorkers are greeted every day by a musical motif as the new subway trains on the green and yellow lines pull out of their stations: c2 – f2 – e3. The exact mechanism that produces these unchanging tones is a mystery to me (another way of saying that having perfect pitch may be convenient but doesn’t guarantee a mechanical engineering degree). I’ve hijacked that three-note-motif tonight, relocating it from the raucous underworld to the clean acoustic canvas of this concert hall and transforming into a musical composition for Flute, Viola and Harp. Eager to dance in its new disguise, the motif is having a field day out here. Please dance with it for the next few moments because it’s sure to escape back to the subway stations before the MTA notices and causes delays."
Duration: 8 minutes
Creator
Jie, Wang (b. 1980)
Source
Wang Jie (Wikipedia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jie_(composer)
Wang Jie, From New York, With Love (score), https://wangjiemusic.com/portfolio_page/from-new-york-with-love/
Queerflöte, "Wang, Jie - 'From New York, With Love'" (Soundcloud), https://soundcloud.com/shia-patricia-cardona/01-wang-jie-from-new-york-with-love-12-9-14m4a
Date
2012
Format
0-10 minutes
Coverage
2000-
Instrumentation
flute / flûte
percussion
Ensemble Type
duo
Citation
Jie, Wang (b. 1980), “From New York, With Love,” Music EnLivened, accessed November 22, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/225.
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