From New York, With Love

From New York, With Love

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."

Duration: 8 minutes

Jie, Wang (b. 1980)

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

2012

0-10 minutes

2000-

flute / flûte

percussion

duo