Name: Stall(ed) by Ryan Key
Duration: 4 min 49 s
Description: Premiered April 22, 2017 by Conway Symphony Orchestra and Israel Getzov at Reynolds Performance Hall, Conway, AR.

A work for large chamber ensemble: flute/piccolo, soprano saxophone, bassoon/contrabassoon, two percussionists, piano, two violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass.

Forgotten Dances

Hannah Lash - From The Depths I Cry Out

Music by Trey Makler
Performed by Alarm Will Sound
Live at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 30, 2016

Long String Of Molecules

Premiered April 22, 2017 by Conway Symphony Orchestra and Israel Getzov at Reynolds Performance Hall, Conway, AR.

Ryan Key

Stall(ed)

"Frescoes and Ash" was commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2008 and given its premiere at the museum in 2009, Frescoes and Ash is based on seven images from Pompeii.  Scored for clarinet, piano, percussion and string quintet, each movement illustrates a separate scene and features a different combination of instruments.   I. Street Musicians is scored for the full ensemble and describes a raucous band wandering through the streets, dancing and playing the tarantella on tambourine, finger cymbals and flute. II. Marine Mosaic is scored for the piano and strings and depicts fish and other sea creatures gracefully swimming. III Scene from a Comedy is written for clarinet and percussion and portrays three actors wearing masks playing a humorous scene. IV The Sybil’s Voice for two violins and viola shows three masked women sitting around a low table.  One of them is very old and holds a goblet in her hand and appears to be chanting something mysterious. V Chiron Teaches Achilles to Play the Lyre for cello and double bass shows the old centaur Chiron demonstrating how to play the instrument and the young Achilles gratefully receiving his instructions.  VI. Alexander Mosaic for the full ensemble is a dramatic battle scene, with men and horses clashing violently. VII Ash: Awareness of Mortality for the full ensemble is inspired by Pompeii’s tragic doom.  The Romans were philosophical, and the movement ends with a calm acceptance of death.

Victoria Bond
March 25, 2009

Stall(ed)

Ryan Key

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