Brazos Starr - Falling in Fall by Atlas & Co.

BrazosStarr Falling in Fall

for tuba and piano

duration - ca. 3:15

Atlas & Co.

Falling in Fall

Program Notes

I wrote this duet with a particular set of memories in mind. While I was growing up, I would regularly go with my grandparents in the fall to their deer lease in East Texas. Though I often hunted with them, this piece focuses on what I did the rest of my time there. When I was not hunting I would run off alone into the forest where I could explore and enjoy nature. I remember the sound of the wind flowing through the trees and the crunch of fall leaves fresh under my feet. Even the smell of this forest was gorgeous as the scent of pine pervaded the entire lease. The sound of flowing water and small animals could always be heard nearby. I dedicated the name of this piece, Falling in Fall, to those memories because the trips often felt like being thrust into fall. And, from time to time, we all have to fall into... Well, fall!

Tba Pno                                                                  Soft and sweet = 100 Soft and sweet = 100       con pedale                                                                                  3                                                                 cresc. poco a poco cresc poco a poco 6                                                        9

Falling in Fall

                                                                 12                                                                                  sub sub 15 15                                                                               19                                                                                           23 2 Falling in Fall

                                                               27                                                                                        sub sub 30 30                                                                  34                                                              cresc poco a poco cresc. poco a poco 37 3 Falling in Fall

                                                             40                                                                                        43 43                                                                                                    47                                                                              51 4 Falling in Fall

                                                                                                                         54 54                                                                                             58                                                                                61                                                                                       64 5 Falling in Fall

                                                                cresc poco a poco cresc. poco a poco 67 67                                                         70                                                             73                                                                                             cresc poco a poco cresc. poco a poco 76 6 Falling in Fall

Falling in Fall

        Soft and sweet = 100                   8          15 13             20           24                  30

Tuba - Falling in Fall

          35               43                          47                     54 51           58              67            tacet al ne   71 2