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Guang Yang: Three Flashes

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Channel: New England Conservatory · 2016 · Music

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New England Conservatory musicians Chenguang Wang (Alto Saxophone), Wei-shiuan Huang (Percussion) perform Guang Wang's orginal composition "Three Flashes." Recorded live in NEC's Jordan Hall April 19, 2016.
From the program notes:
Three Flashes consists of three short movements. Each movement includes my attempts at exploring the sound world of saxophone and percussion in the 20th century. It’s an experimental composition, which gathers the attractive sounds of these two instruments that I’m interested in hearing live. 
The instrumentation was written specifically for Wet Ink Ensemble as part of The Walden School 2015 Creative Musicians Retreat (CMR). I changed the title from Three Pieces to Three Flashes because, on the afternoon of May 31st, when I was finalizing the score, a message showed up on my iPhone saying: “Flash Flood Warning in this area until 6:15PM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. - NWS”. 
So, there it is. 

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