Ouachita Baptist University (Photo: Stephen Hill)
"...along a sunlit path..."
String Orchestra / Grade 3-4 / ca. 4:35 / (2021) / With a gentle flow q=128
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Omaha Conservatory of Music
Program Notes
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“…along a sunlit path” was composed as a gift for the Omaha Conservatory of Music. “…along a sunlit path” is an impression of a picture of a path with rays of sunlight breaking through the trees.
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The gently flowing music opens with Violin 2 and Viola pulsing back and forth between a bi-tonal passage of C and D. The cello enters with a simple pedal C followed by a lightly chirping Violin 1.
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The music is intentionally gentle, optimistic, and punctuated with lyrical melodic lines. The composition passes the themes back and forth between each instrument and reaches a full tutti at measure 82. The work returns to the gentleness of the opening passage of Violin 2 and Viola and grows in energy to its final cadence on a G Major chord.
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This work may be played as a String Quartet (minus the String Bass part) with the opt. quartet part for cello. Or, it may be played as a String Quintet (one on a part).
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Instrumentation
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
String Bass