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KATABASIS
for chamber orchestra
 
  1. Adagietto
  2. Passacaglia: Andante
  3. Allegro assai

Instrumentation: 2,2,2,2, 2Hn, 2Tpt, Timp., Strings

duration: 16 minutes

Composed in fulfillment of the Master of Arts Degree in Composition, University of California, Los Angeles. Ian Krouse, commitee chair Premiered by the Westwood Chamber Orchestra, Elizabeth Wright conducting, on May 11, 1995 at UCLA.

"The mark of Descent, whether undertaken consciously or unconsciously, is a newly arrived-at lowliness, associated with water and soul, as height is associated with spirit...The lowliness happens particularly to men who are initially high, lucky, elevated...What is proper next for the man is the whirlpool, the sinking through the floor, the Drop, what the ancient Greeks called "katabasis." -Robert Bly, Iron John

 

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