Instrumentation: Symphony Orchestra
(2, 2, 2+bass, 2 – 4, 2, 2+bass, 1, timp, 2 perc, str)
Duration: 5’45”
Program Notes:
A short orchestra piece representing Asylum Lake, a nature preserve in Kalamazoo, MI. This slow and ominous work contains a dramatic shape that’s reinforced through orchestrational and dynamic diversity. The main melody transforms throughout the piece to create a variety of different textural, motivic, and harmonic components. All of this material works together to resemble the color and power of Asylum Lake.
Chris Evan Hass, Composer 