The Music of Composer Michael Fiday: Work Information

5 Monochromatic Dances (1993, rev. 2004)

for flute quartet

Scoring

flute quartet: 4 C flutes + 1 alto and 1 bass* (*If bass flute is not available, an alternate version of movement III - for 3 C flutes and 1 alto - is also included.)

Duration

20 Minutes

Movements

1. High Dance

2. Slow Dance I

3. Low Dance

4. Slow Dance II

5. Bright Dance

Sound Files

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Performances

Past

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Cincinnati, OH

Music 04 Festival

Werner Recital Hall
College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Program Notes

5 Monochromatic Dances was originally written for the Dutch recorder quartet BRISK, and is arranged here in a version for flute quartet.

The term “monochromatic” refers to an artistic technique whereby a painting is done entirely in different shades of the same color. This analogy resides here both in terms of instrumentation (the 4 flutes often focused within a similar range) and gesture (each “dance” making use of only one or two ideas or means of articulation).

5 Monochromatic Dances may be performed in its entirety, or selected movements played as a set.

Dedicated to Louis Andriessen.

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