REEMERGING THROUGH THE DARKNESS
for Orchestra

by W. Brent Sawyer
completed 12/1/2021
approx. length: 8:45 minutes

dedicated to my friend, Sam Gonzalez

In this piece I used the tritone (augmented fourth) and the minor second as the building blocks. The Harp at the beginning has arpeggiated chords a tritone apart - A major to Eb major.

Scored for:

Piccolo
2 Flutes
Oboe
2 Bb Clarinets
Bassoon

2 Horns in F
3  Bb Trumpets
2 Trombones
Bass Trombone

Percussion
Piano
Harp
Full Strings