Zaimont: Stillness: Poem for Orchestra

Instrumentation: 2(1) 2(1) 2(1) 2; 4231; perc, hp; stgs
Duration: 19’30”
Composed: 2005
Published by: Subito Music Publishing

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Composer’s Note: “While much of my music is energetic, with dance rhythms at its core, I have long wished to explore a more contemplative, large-framed piece that would do two things simultaneously: exploit the color resource of a standrd-size orchestra *and* meld together the compositional ways of achieving stasis — while yet retaining strong listener interest — using techniques of two composers whose music I find highly intriguing: Morton Feldman and Frederick Delius. So the springboard for this poem stems from exploring the differing manners in which each of these two composers (plus perhaps one or two others) manage proportion and ‘dwell’.” — Judith Lang Zaimont