Autumn Movement

for orchestra

Premiered by Samuel Hollister and the Yale Philharmonia on December 8th, 2022 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Note:

While not specifically about the season of the work’s namesake, Autumn Movement is a piece that does ask questions about the concept of change. Personal change, natural change, and societal change were all subjects floating around in my head as I developed this piece, and while it doesn’t address any one of these directly the materials and form of the work were shaped by my emotional reactions to a season of both internal (personal) and external transformation. Trees and their longevity are an additional important image in the music, as I see the double bass and its prominent role throughout the work as being a sort of musical “trunk” off of which of the materials of the piece branch off.