Street
for clarinet and percussion
Instrumentation: B-flat clarinet and percussion
Percussion Instruments: Crotales, Vibraphone
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Year Composed: 2012
Commissioned by Musiqa (Houston)
Premiered May 17, 2012 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Score and parts measure 8.5" x 11".
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Program Notes
Street was conceived as a soundtrack to an excerpt from “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces,” a film by William H. Whyte. As a social study and documentary, it is an unlikely source of musical inspiration, but the footage and the often humorous yet informative commentary provide a clear narrative. In the first half of the particular segment that inspired this soundtrack, Whyte discusses Paley Park (Manhattan), a public space that interacts successfully with the street. In the second half, several unsuccessful examples (spaces that reject the street) are examined. Street was commissioned by Musiqa of Houston.
— Charles Halka
Lin Ma, clarinet; Robert Jay Garza III, percussion.
Picture is an excerpt from "The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces,"
a film by William H. Whyte
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