Days
1996
14'
ten short pieces
for bass clarinet and bassoon
(or bass oboe, or heckelphone, or a second bass clarinet)
Book I
1. Strip, 2. Rome, 3. Aeolian, 4. Miniature, 5. Interlude
Book II
1. Poem, 2. Under Fabric, 3. Takes, 4. Menuet, 5. Transition
(-) World premiere: 1998, Thomas Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Diane Heffner (bass clarinet), Janet Underhill (bassoon)
program notes
TONOS-Musikverlag

In my composition for bass clarinet and bassoon entitled Days I have compiled ten short musical thoughts. Each one is focusing in different ways on the time passing as they are being played; either creating dramatic and gestural shapes, or following brief abstract processes, or mixing these in different ways and degrees. Some of these pieces appear to be finished the way they are, others seem to be parts cut out from other pieces.

(Stefan Hakenberg, 1998)
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