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Composed in: 2006-2007
Instrumentation:

chamber orchestra:

2 fl (2nd doubles on picc), ob, engl.hn, 2 cl (2nd doubles on bcl), bsn, contra-bsn, 2 fhn, 2 tpt, 2 perc, strgs (8-7-4-4-2)

 

Duration: 14 minutes
Publisher: Doblinger Music Publishers, Vienna, Austria (rental score and parts available through rent@doblinger.at)
Commissioned by: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra through its Sound Investment program
Premiere Performance:

05/19/2006 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Kahane

To listen to the complete May 20, 2007 performance of Desert Wind by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra on NPR click here. Once on the Symphonycast website, click on "Listen (hour 1)". The performance starts about 3:30 into the broadcast.


Score and parts available (rental only) from Doblinger Music Publishers, Dorotheergasse 10, A- 1011 Vienna, Austria

E-mail: rent@doblinger.at

Fax: 011-43-1-515-0351


Richard S. Ginell, The Los Angeles Times

"Wolfgang's arresting, jazz-drenched new score seemed to capture at once the realities and myths of Los Angeles during fire season ... This piece could also serve as the score for an archetypical 1950s L.A. detective thriller - music that's somehow cool and sultry at the same time. Wherever your imagination takes you, Wolfgang provides the fuel ... "