Lindveit: Spinning Yarns
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- Composer: Ryan Lindveit
- Instrumentation: Concert Band
- Work: Spinning Yarns (2015)
- Pages: 63
Description
Spinning Yarns , Ryan Lindveit (2015) 10'30" for wind ensemble
Grade 5-6
Awards Winner , 2016 BMI Student Composer Award Special Distinction , 2016 ASCAP/CBDNA Fennell Prize Finalist , 2016 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Honorable Mention , 2016 SCI/ASCAP Student Commission Competition Selected Compositio n, 2015 National Band Association Young Composer Mentor Project Winner , 2015 USC New Music for Wind Ensemble Competition
I am fascinated by multi-layered storytelling, and _Spinning Yarns _is a result of that fascination. Margaret Atwood's novel _The Blind Assassin _was a particularly rich source of inspiration. in this novel, each chapter is part of a different sub-novel. A crime novel is right next to a memoir which is right next to a science fiction story which is right next to a romance novel. The interaction between each of these layers creates a large and hugely dramatic narrative.
Spinning Yarns is a collection of diverse narrative threads stitched together into a dramatic musical tapestry. Like an Atwoodian multi-layered novel, the music oscillates between dreamlike uncertainty, chaotic heroism, sarcastic dancing, pensive sleepwalking, airy lyricism, and climactic hubris. As the drama unfolds, these disparate elements emerge, re-emerge, and inform and interact with each other.
Instrumentation: Piccolo, flute 1-2, oboe 1-2, bassoon 1-2, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet 1-3, bass clarinet, alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-3, horn 1-2, trombone 1-3, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, timpani, percussion 1-4, piano, contrabass
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Lindveit: Spinning Yarns
