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Duration: 22 minutes Instrumentation: Narrator, 3222/3221/timp.3perc.hp.pno(cel)/strings [ solo flute, violin, (jazz) bass and drum set are included in the listed instrumentation] FULL PERUSAL SCORE (PDF) Ideal for any family or young persons concert. This work can be performed along with projection of images from the book.

Program Note:

Commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestral Association for performance as part of the Minnesota Orchestra's "Adventures in Music" series of family concerts, Wind Says Good Night features a narrator and four soloists from within the orchestra. Katy Rydell's wonderful book tells the story of a child kept from sleep by a mockingbird, cricket, frog and moth, represented here musically by the flute, violin, bass and drums, respectively. Other characters in the book are the night wind, depicted by a rolled upside-down cymbal placed on a timpani and the moon, represented by swells in the horns, winds and strings. A gentle lullaby is featured at the beginning and ending of the work and also in transitions.

Premiere: Minnesota Orchestra, Akira Mori, Oct. 27, 1996

Score samples (pages 1, 2, 3, 126, 130):

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