Description

• Composer: Nelson Gast
• Instrumentation: Piano, Flute
• Work: Sky Darkens, Wind Rises (2014)
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790094008549
• Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: 20

Description

Sky Darkens, Wind Rises , Nelson Gast (2014) 6′

for flute and piano

The title Sky Darkens, Wind Rises comes from a stage direction given in the Herman Melville novel Moby Dick. The line marks a final point of cheerfulness that gives way to a much darker foreshadowing. This piece imitates the same progression of light to dark that Melville created. Flurries of flute runs become a darker storm as the piece progresses, until the storm gives way to light once again.