Instrumentation:

Piccolo
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet in Bb
2 Bassoons

4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone
Tuba

Timpani
Percussion 1: Bass Drum, Xylophone, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Marimba, Chimes, Glockenspiel, Triangle
Percussion 2: Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle, Wood Block

Harp

Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Violoncello
Contrabass

Duration: 6:00

Patterns of Flight is an ode to the majestic travels of our feathered friends. Each fall, billions of American birds make their transcontinental escape from the unforgiving northern winter. Like brilliant machines, their flocks migrate as one; yet their elegance in flight is unmatched by technology. Though these migratory birds travel thousands of miles in their short lives, they return each year to the same place from which they left, as if they had never been gone at all. It is this cyclic journey—a yearly winged exodus—that ushers in both the chilling death of winter and the golden rebirth of spring.

October 2024 - Athens, Georgia