WANG JIE NOSE ON FIRE
Sonic Rendition for Clarinet and Piano
Gazing at an illustration of the same title by Terry Tapp
First Publication: Feb. 2015
First Edition
Wang Jie Music, ASCAP 209 West 109th Street #5E
New York NY 10025
Date of printing: Feb 2015
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NOTES
Program Note
Some say that a composer's unconscious state of mind finds ways to shape a composition. That may be true. Around the time Nose On Fire was conceived, my internal sound world was filled with a sense of urgency. So it's no surprise to me that my musical ideas were humming with anxiety. Originally, I titled it Sonata for Clarinet and Piano.
But towards the final week of completion, my dear friend Terry Tapp presented me with a portrait he drew of a horse with human eyes. The horse was illuminated by an internal glow and looked like it was feeling anxiety, seeking serenity and hoping to earn peace all at the same time. The feeling was so intense that the horse’s snout was burning from within. “A creature after my own heart”, I thought: “I’m calling it Nose On Fire.” So I immediately changed the title of my new composition to reflect this happy coincidence.
I am hopeful that after hearing it you’ll agree with me that this composition, which begins from an anxious place, is driven to find that little bit of tenderness to relieve itself of that burden and earn peace.
Duration: ca. 12 min
NOSE ON FIRE
• Songs for Mahler in the Absence of Words 17’ Soprano, Cl, Vln & Pno
• Serenade in Isolation 12’ Violin Solo
• Dance for Two 15’ Percussion Solo
• Game for Two 13’ Two Pianos
• Faded Colors 10’ Piano Trio
• Waiting for the Beginning 15’ Fl, Cl, Vln, Vc, Pno&Toy Pno
• The Animal Carnival 15’ Soprano and String Quartet
• In Wind They Cleave 15’ Soprano, Baritone, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Cello
• Music for the Joy of Sextet 5’ Fl, Cl, Vln, Vla, Vc, Perc
• Concerto for Harpsichord and String Instruments 12’ Harpsichord, 2 Vla, Vc
• The Stranger 2 12’ Fl, Cl, Vln, Vc, Pno
• Five Phases of Spring 15' Fl, Cl, Tpt, Perc, & String Quartet
• I Died for Beauty 11’ Baritone, Vibraphone and Piano
• Three Miniature Etudes for the Joy of Organ Playing 5’ Organ Solo
• Symphony No.1 15’ 3333, 4331, timp, 3perc, pno&cel, hp, str
• Symphony No.2 15’ 3333, 4331, timp, 3perc, hp, str.
• From the Other Sky 17’ 2 singers, 1 actor, keyboard soloist and Chamber Orchestra
• Swamp’s Shore 7’ Sopr, 2222,4231, timp, 3perc, pno, hp, sopr, str.
• Five Faces of Joy 7’ String Orchestra & Celesta
• Death of Socrates 8’ 3333, 4331, timp, 3perc, pno&cel, hp, str
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