Snapshot

for woodwind quintet

Snapshot is inspired by the Intermezzo in B minor from Brahms’ Op. 119: 4 Klavierstücke. Moved by the endless string of thirds in the delicate opening of the work, I was drawn to seek out multiple interpretations to explore the possibilities in phrasing it. I then extracted the different versions and layered them before electronically manipulating them through time stretching, delays, and filtering. The end result was a meditative ocean of thirds that undulated and sang by chance harmonies due to shifting layers. Snapshot is a translation of this piece into the acoustic world, taking advantage of the instruments in the wind quintet to portray the samples.