Karim Al-Zand

composer

date

2004

duration

3 minutes

instrumentation

piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello, piano (or version with harp), percussion

premiere

May 1, 2004
Alison Jewett, piccolo; Michael Webster, clarinet;
Andrej Grabiec, violin;
Norman Fischer, cello;
Jean Kierman Fischer, piano;
Andrea Moore, percussion;
Kevin Noe, conductor

Rothko Chapel
Houston TX

Music Box Prelude

for ensemble

about the piece:

imageMusic Box Prelude is a short ‘opener’ written for a full concert program featuring a ‘Pierrot’ type instrumentation. The piece calls for each instrumentalist in turn to enter from the wings and add their part to a short repeating pattern. The music then gradually slows down until the music box stops. [No program note needed.]

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