The Treachery of Images

for wind/brass octet
Length: ca. 11'
Instrumentation: Flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, bass trombone
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Program Note
I composed The Treachery of Images during the spring of 2014. Each of the five movements is named after a different painting by surrealist artist René Magritte, and the entire work is named after one of Magritte’s most famous images. The movements are not programmatic in any way, nor must a listener be familiar with these paintings to better understand the work (in fact, Magritte rarely named his own works—rather, he often relied on his Symbolist friend Louis Scutenaire to create interesting, poetic titles). The implications of the titles and the atmospheres of their paintings have lent themselves well to these short, not-quite-miniature movements.
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Premiered in 2014 at The Juilliard School.
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