Augusta Read Thomas : Avian Capriccio (2016)For Brass QuintetDuration: c. 12 minutesFormat: 40-page A4 saddle stitched score & 5 A4 saddle stitched parts“If it is helpful to have abstract images in mind and ear as you hear the music, for movement #1, please imagine the musicians as playful, capricious, virtuosic hummingbirds darting around a garden, For movement #2, swans majestically floating in a lake, as the morning sun gradually rises, for movement #3, please envision active, jaunty, and alert canaries crisscrossing the perfumes of Charley Parker’s Yardbird Suite and Ornithology.” Augusta Read Thomas
