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"...the seldom-heard contrabass flute, an instrument that, in the hands of Ned McGowan, is capable of everything from near breathless calm to driving bass riffs that propel the orchestra forward."

 - Brighternow - emusers.org

Solar Neon

(2010)


For the Ensemble Scala

Instrumentation:

31 tone organ
flute
clarinet
viola
guitar
piano
percussion


Duration: c. 10' 


Written for the Ensemble Scala

Premiere: November 28th, 2011 - Muziekgebouw aan t' IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands





"Solar Neon explores sonic color through the juxtaposition of mirrored timbral analogues of microtonal progressions with brash semi-extemporanious gesticulations carried out by opposing forces encompassing maximum variances in articulation, dynamic scope and fields of tonality."


- Ned McGowan

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