Ramon Zupko

pf solo, orch: picc,3.3.3.3. 4.3.3.1. perc.(4 players) harp, strings

Windsongs is a concerto for piano and orchestra in 3 movements with an interlude between 2 and 3. The title alludes to the similarities among the four haiku which inspired the work, with their strong imagery of the seasons, the wind and the sea. The four sections are titled: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. This is a tonal work based on 28 different scales, none of which are the familiar major or minor.
These scales were developed within a rather complex system of progression, inter-relationship and metamorphosis. Everything in the piece is related, and many of these relationships can be detected upon first hearing. This is a 'big' concerto in the romantic sense, and both the solo and orchestral parts place considerable demands upon the performers.

Written under a grant from NEA, awarded a prize at the Kennedy-Friedheim awards in Washington, D.C., and was chosen as one of the six winners in the League ISCM National Composers Competition. Subsequent performances at the Kennedy Center, and the ACO.

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