1995
Wind Songs
for soprano, Native American flute
duration: 8'30"
No. 1. Phantom Breeze
No. 2 It Was the Wind
Comprised of two pieces: the solo work Phantom Breeze shows the struggle for dominance between the conventional note pattern of the Native flute’s scale and the interlopers (neighboring tones). The second part, It Was the Wind, is a setting of an evocative Navajo text for soprano and flute. Each movement may also be performed separately. Wind Songs can be seen in a popular music video on my YouTube channel and was commissioned and premiered by James Pellerite, who has recorded it on Albany Records, TROY1607. An adaptation of It Was the Wind for two flutes has also been recorded by 2Flutes.
Media & Mentions
Wind Songs: No. 1 Phantom Breeze, from Albany Records’ “Mystic Voices Soaring”
Wind Songs: No. 2 It Was the Wind, Albany Records’ “Mystic Voices Soaring”
Wind Songs performance by James Pellerite, Native American flute and Tricia Melzer-Swaydrak, soprano.
