Vortex Dana Wilson

Titel (DE): Vortex -
Titel (EN): Vortex -
Titel (FR): Vortex -
Komponist / Composer: Wilson, Dana
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: Blasorchester / Wind band
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Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 11'
Verlag / Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
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Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur und Stimmen - Score and parts -
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Reihe / Series: Windependence
ISMN: M-051-66028-5
ISMN-13: 979-0-051-66028-5
ISMN-EAN: 9790051660285
UPC: 73999844078

A vortex is a whirling mass, such as a tornado or whirlpool, which is created when a source of momentum causes a thick layer of unstable stratification to move with ever stronger tangential velocity as the medium (air or water) converges ito a smaller radius. The vortex gradually gains power and momentum while, ironically, forming a vacuum at its center. It is this image of opposites-one influenced by the other-that was the genesis of this piece. The piece alternates between moments of extreme stasis and whirling energy. While the work is not a concerto, the piano often serves as the source of momentum, with the ensemble-static at first-gradually pulled into the vortex.