Enjoyable composition with very unique mood.

I think this is more of a beautiful abstract art rather than a piece of generic music. I really love the flute and the different emotions you put into this track. The improvisation is really top-notch with the flute and piano. So far, I really enjoyed this, it is far different from most music nowadays that follows some generic basic patterns and melodies. Cheers! 🙌

Wonderful. Love the spikes of tension and release in this one!

Beautiful sweet and unique progression overall.  Great stuff, Robert as usual  !!

I love the use of the vibraphone. Your stuff is always good.

Masterful composition Robert. Colors of this work remind me of energy of Alexander Scriabin and finnish composer Väinö Raitio. Those are some of my favorites. You are very talented composer. :)

This is very difficult piece. I very like the piano part. Excellent as always!

Well done! Bravo! A well thought out reach to the Stars 🌌

Star Crossing
Instrumentation: flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), B-flat clarinet (doubling B-flat bass clarinet), percussion (vibraphone [with working motor] and orchestra bells) and piano
Duration: 9'
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=1326
Performers: American Modern Ensemble
Online Perusal Score: https://issuu.com/robertpaterson/docs/star_crossing_fs_bound_perusal
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/star-crossing

PROGRAM NOTE
Although I will probably never have an opportunity to travel through outer space, I often look up at the stars with wonderment, marveling at the vastness of the night sky, wishing I could have that experience. This work is my attempt to impart the sensation of what I think it might feel like to travel through the galaxy, and to give the feeling, through sound, of staring up at the star-filled sky on a quiet, clear night.

Star Crossing

American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

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