JAMES M. DAVID, composer
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Landscape in Light

Landscape in Light
for trumpet, trombone, piano, and percussion

Medium Advanced - ca. 9'30"
Commissioned by Dr. Eric Hollenbeck, professor of percussion, Colorado State University
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Program Notes

Landscape in Light (2024) is a tone poem for trumpet, trombone, piano, and percussion inspired by the remarkable Hartwell Memorial Window held at the Art Institute of Chicago. These stunning stained-glass panels were designed by Agnes Northrop for the Tiffany Studios in 1917. At 25 feet in height and originally installed at a Rhode Island church, the primary composition is an autumnal view of Mount Chocorua in New Hampshire with a dramatic waterfall in the center. Crimson foliage, dappled mountainsides, and sparkling streams seem to spring to life with remarkably intricate detail. My work depicts the five largest panels in a broad arch form, moving from the brooding forest, to the playful rivers, and finally the dramatic summit. The soaring timbres of trumpet and trombone are contrasted with both metallic and wooden timbres from piano and percussion in an attempt to capture the rich light interplay. Finally, we return to the tranquil forest as light ebbs into evening. This work was commissioned by Dr. Eric Hollenbeck, professor of percussion, Colorado State University.
  • Home
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  • wind ensemble
    • Concerto for Wind Ensemble
    • Unseen Wings
    • Sky Above Clouds
    • Pulsing Onward
    • Flaxen Tresses
    • My Lyre Within the Sky
    • Pale Blue Dot
    • Symphony No 2
    • Atomic Time
    • With Soul Serene
    • Fallingwater at Twilight
    • Arise and Awaken
    • Message from Arecibo
    • Flying Jewels
    • Urban Light
    • Symphony no. 1
    • Troublesome Fire
    • Ghosts of the Old Year
    • Call to Commitment
    • March Tumbao
    • Lookfar
    • Menlo Park, 1879
    • Zephyrus
    • Flexible Instrumentation
    • Heartland Verses
    • Swing Landscape
    • I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
    • Concerto for Vibraphone
    • The Moorlands
    • Big Four on the River
    • All Dark Is Now No More
    • Temple's Grace
    • From the Shaken Tower
    • Two-Lane Blacktop
    • Sinfonietta no. 3
  • compositions
    • wind ensemble
    • clarinet >
      • all clarinet works
      • clarinet sonata
      • AUTO '66 - Clarinet Concerto
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      • Saxophone Sonata
      • L'oiseau dans l'espace
      • Saxophone/Percussion Double Quartet
    • trombone >
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      • Trombone Octet
      • Aquelarre or Witches Sabbath
      • Landscape in Light
      • Trombone Concerto
      • Trombone Sonata
      • Cloudlands
      • Five American Dances
      • Song of the Valar
      • Bass Trombone Sonata
      • Partiels 2
      • Garden of the Gods
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      • Of Unsurpassed Heroes
      • Trumpet Sonata
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      • The Dandelion
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