Flexible Wind Ens - Intermediate - Digital Download
SKU: F2.FM459
Composed by Juan Maria Solare. Flexible Wind Quartet. Score and parts. 12 pages. Forton Music - Digital #FM459. Published by Forton Music - Digital (F2.FM459).
ISBN 9790570483587.
For Flexible Wind Ensemble. Flute1/Clarinet 1, Oboe 2/Clarinet 2, Instrument in F/Clarinet 3, Bassoon or Bass Clarinet 4. 'Mercy' is an obsessively expressive Adagio (so to say, a Samuel Barber's equivalent for woodwinds) with a homophonic texture, like a four part chorale. Rhythmically, this piece offers no problems. While the first part requires more experienced players, parts 2, 3 and 4 are relatively easy to play. Most groups would be able to master this piece after only a couple of rehearsals. Some would say that mercy is a virtue, others (following Nietzsche) that it is a weakness. Do not seek in this piece a one-to-one musical transcription of merciful feelings, but rather concentrate on the smoothness and tender sound quality associated with it. Rather than 'pity', mercy is about empathy, togetherness and support - this attitude can also show while performing music.