{"product_id":"griebling-orchids-aca","title":"Griebling: Orchids","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/karen-griebling\"\u003eKaren Griebling (1957-)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eAlto Flute\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orchids (2001)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790307303546\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Orchids\" was composed after my first trip to Asia in 2000. I had been invited by my friend and fellow composer, John Sharpley, an American expat living in Singapore, to premier his \u003cem\u003eViola Sonata\u003c\/em\u003e with him at a recital of all of his own music in Victoria Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...Krishna is often portrayed playing flute, so that was obvious, and I actually attended Krishna's Birthday at that temple in Singapore during my visit! John and his partner, Raj, met my flight at the Singapore airport with a huge bouquet of orchids before taking me to my hotel. Next day when we began rehearsing, I noticed they had sprays of them all through his home, and that they grew everywhere \"wild\" in Singapore. Their elegance and color seemed to go hand in hand with the [alto flute]'s rich golden tone, and the sprays of orchids (not single stalks like you find in grocery stores in the United States) with their twisting branches, gave me the contours of the theme for this \u003cem\u003eOrchids\u003c\/em\u003e movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"American Composers Alliance (ACA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68001862910031,"sku":"ACA-GRIK-040","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/d8179bac9e2c9b260c17800588201e91.webp?v=1793722646","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/products\/griebling-orchids-aca","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}