Skip to content

Cart

Your cart is empty

Adams, HL :: Night Song

Sale price$13.50
Composer
Adams, HL
Instrumentation
Flute & Harp
Publisher
American Composers Alliance
Publisher Item #
ACA-ADAM-001
Orchestration
fl, hp
Includes CD or Audio Download
No
Classification
Undefined
Genre
Not Applicable

H. Leslie Adams is known for his deeply personal compositional language; a sound that lies somewhere beyond Debussy, with a lush sense of jazzy romance. His 'Night Song' for flute and harp is no exception. Like many of the standard yet small repertoire works for flute and harp - Lutoslawski's '3 Fragments', Ibert's 'Entr'acte', Jongen's 'Danse Lente' - the harpist takes a leading role, with the flutist variously adding color, emphasizing melodic lines and counterpoint, or outlining sparkling filigree about the harp's steady lines.

Notably, Adams also enhances the textural possibilities of the ensemble with several well-applied Salzedo techniques in the harp. The flute, in contrast, uses extended technique sparingly - a few notes of flutter-tongue for color, and neo-Romantic tone painting otherwise.

Adams, HL :: Night Song
Adams, HL :: Night Song Sale price$13.50