Country Life II
duration: 8:30
instrumentation: Flute, Bb Clarinet, Piano
premiere: November 22, 2024 // Klavierhaus, NYC
premiere performer: Hourglass Trio (Savannah Gentry, flute; Yu-Ting Cheng, clarinet; Ignacio Ojeda Romero, piano
publisher: A-Town Publications (ASCAP) © 2024
Country Life II was commissioned by Hourglass Trio.
Program Note:
Country Life II for Flute, B-flat clarinet and piano, is an instrumental reworking of Country Life (2017), first of the “Sounding Image” series, where visual works of art are brought to life through song and sound. Canadian photographer Jason Brown’s ongoing survey of contemporary Canada entitled “You Seem To Be Where I Belong,” depicting homesteads and towns in rural Canada, hung above Toronto Pearson’s belted walkway in 2016, drawing the eyes of travelers below. A combination of natural beauty – never-ending skylines, fields of tall grass – with honest symbols of rural life – the pick up truck, the airstream trailer rife with chickens, the propane tank. Country Life and Country Life II are inspired by Brown’s work. —Erin Rogers (2024)