related works
Gabriƫl : for trumpet solo and orchestra, 2002 / Ron Ford
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Trumpet and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic fl-a) fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trb perc pf str trp-solo
Intrada : per legni, ottoni e percussione, 1989 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring:
3332 4221 2perc
Intrada : 1958 / Willem van Otterloo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring:
cfg 4h 4trp 4trb tb 2perc
3 intermezzi : for wind ensemble, 1980 / Misha Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring:
1121 2221 cb
composition
Chain : for wind orchestra, 1995, revision 1997 / Ron Ford
Other authors:
Ford, Ron
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Chain it is best described as a line of music fragments. A train with seven short music-bits pas quickly by a station. They are sometimes related to each other, other times in contrast to each other, but in the end add up to chain of connections, which in turn add up to a strange but coherent musical story. This is exactly what the composer was looking for in writing the work. I want to be compellingly pulled along by music to places I do not yet know. I 'm looking for musical movement that takes the listener with it, and while his stream of music often includes surprising turns and disruptions, they never upset the internal flow of the movement. In this piece, the listener's musical memory is tested, in that the musical blocks are both fast and short, before one is accustomed to the one music, they are pushed into the next. The balance between this unrestful use of musical material and constant rhythmic feeling of moving forward, makes Chain a train moving so fast that it
threatens to jump out of its tracks. - RON FORD