UnCivil Wars for Flute/Piccolo, French Horn and Piano

From the Publisher

"UnCivil Wars" is the first movement of a three movement work-in-progress titled "War Stories" commissioned by the wonderful Zinkali Trio. They premiered this movement at the International Horn Symposium 44 at the University of Texas, Denton, TX in May of 2012. In this first movement, the horn portrays the heroic soldier committed to protecting the lives and honor of the innocent civilians (the flute and piccolo). The opening is the horn playing the traditional Taps, a Civil War song, in the original major key. The piccolo joins in to promote the peace, and then the piano, Suddenly the mood dramatically shifts . The music darkens, the piano depicting the army supporting, defending and protecting the innocent civilians, battling the imaginary forces. Throughout the movement, there is the Taps motif struggling to maintain the peace only to lose with untold loss of life and limb. A tragic end in the name of Civility.

Performance duration (approx): 7'40

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Flute or Piccolo
• Part 2: French Horn
• Part 3: Piano