Joseph Schwantner: "Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra)"
Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra)
Spiritoso e energico
Misterioso
Grande e con forza
Joseph Schwantner
Born: March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois
Instrumentation: Large Wind Ensemble
Composed: 2014
Duration: 20 minutes
Schwantner writes,
“Luminosity, cast in three extended movements, is the latest and most ambitious work I have written for wind ensemble, following and the mountains rising nowhere (1977), From a Dark Millennium (1980), In evening’s stillness… (1996) and Recoil (2004).
Movement I (Spiritoso e energico) and III (Grande e con forza) exploit each of the wind, brass and percussion choirs while Movement II (Misterioso) is a slow movement that takes the form of a mini-concerto for solo clarinet.
Luminosity was commissioned by the CBDNA (College Band Director's National Association), with support by members of a consortia organized by Dr. Nikk Pilato of Emory University.
Joseph Schwantner, Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra), I. Spiritoso e energico Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor
Joseph Schwantner, Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra), II. Misterioso
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor
Joseph Schwantner, Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra), III. Grande e con forza Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor
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