Composed: 2009
Medium: solo alto flute
Duration: c. 4:30

Program Notes

Bilder was written to be premiered on the 2009 rarescale Premiere Series of concerts in London. The melodic material evolves by weaving in and out of extended technique timbres. It is in a three-part form, with a relatively short contrasting section flanked by opening and closing sections of related material that is derived from the opening multiphonics and tremoli. Bilder is the Norwegian word for “photographs,” and this piece is dedicated to my family in Rindal, Norway, where the second performance took place.

World Premiere

June 27, 2009 - rarescale Premiere Series - Music for Two Alto Flutes, St. Leonard's Church (London, United Kingdom)
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute

Norway Premiere

July 3, 2009 - Rindal Museum Summer Concert, Rindal Museum (Rindal, Norway)
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute

United States Premiere

May 18, 2011 - Guest Recital, Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisconsin)
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute