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The Door

for chamber octet

Year:  2011   ·  Duration:  5m
Instrumentation:  flute, oboe, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, piano, violin, viola, cello

Year:  2011
Duration:  5m
Instrumentation  flute, oboe, bass clarinet,...

Samuel Gray
Composer

Composer:   Samuel Gray

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About

The Door justaposes living conditions under two very different types of regime. It opens with an idyll, quoting a Mozartian motif of personal significance to the composer, and segues to a totalitarian state.


Commissioned note

Written for Ensemble Mosaik


Difficulty note

intermediate to advanced


Text note

Includes musical quote from the aria Soave Sia Il Vento from W. A. Mozart's Cosí Fan Tutte


Performance history

08 Jul 2011: Performed by Ensemble Mosaik at Parish Hall in Viitasaari, Finland