Project Description
Violin or Clarinet in B♭ and Piano
1990
4 min.
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Program Note
Nocturne is a musical meditation on a text from the book Silence and the Gift by the poet Richard Beale. The text reads in part:
Teach me the path
Of forgiving love
I would let go
Of resentment and remorse
The music is open and uncomplicated, but asks for a deep understanding.
Program Note by David Maslanka
Text
“Silence and the Gift” by Richard Beale
Teach me the path
Of forgiving love.
I would let go
Of resentment and remorse.
The past is repugnant
And blocks acceptance
Of life today.
But I do not know
How to do the things
You are teaching me.
I am afraid of failure
And the unknown.
The complete text should be printed in programs.
Further Reading
David Maslanka: Works for Younger Wind Ensembles
Here are more than twenty works for wind ensemble, arranged in approximate ascending order of difficulty, with commentary by David Maslanka
Recording the Wind Ensemble Music of David Maslanka
Mark Morette of Mark Custom Recording shares his extensive experience in recording wind ensembles.
