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When You are Reminded by the Instruments (1997)

Oboe (doubling English Horn), Clarinet (doubling Bass Clarinet), Horn, Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Contrabass
Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Publisher: C. F. Peters Corporation, Edition Peters 67811

Reviews

San Francisco Classical Voice (online review)
November 17, 1999
By Robert Commanday

Hayes Biggs’ When You are Reminded by the Instruments (1997) is in no way as windy as the title. There is a sense of Stravinsky about it, with its eccentric rhythmic design, whimsical and scherzo-like at first. When it turns form chordal movement to long unison lines marked by sharp bell-like accents, also eccentric and unpredictable, there’s a feeling of an Asian influence or reference. The style and the work are fresh and distinctive, the shape and sense of achievement at the end very satisfying.

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