date
2001
duration
7 minutes
instrumentation
wind ensemble:
(2*2*3*2* 4321, bass clarinet,
euphonium, 2 tubas, 2 contrabasses,
harp, piano, timpani, 3 percussion
commission
ASCAP/SCI
(competition winner)
premiere
March 1, 2001
Indiana University Wind Ensemble,
Ray Cramer, director
Auer Hall
Bloomington IN
Triton and the Giants
a tone poem for wind ensemble
about the piece:
In Greek mythology Triton was a minor sea-god, son of the Olympian Poseidon. Triton is commonly portrayed as a merman, that is, with a human torso and the lower body of a fish. He possessed a large conch shell, the blowing of which could agitate or calm the seas. In the battle between the gods and the giants he aided Zeus by raising such a terrifying sound with his conch shell trumpet, that the frightened giants fled. Triton and the Giants depicts this colossal confrontation.
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