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Peter Knell

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Touching Red

Large Ensemble: orchestra

  • Year

    2010

  • Duration

    11 m.

  • Instrumentation

    1111, 1110, perc (1), pno, strings

  • Sample Score

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Touching Red was inspired by my toddler son’s fascination with matches. On seeing a match with a red tip lit, he said he wanted to “touch red”. The work explores the idea of wonder – the magic of flame flaring to life from nothing – but also of danger. The work was composed in 2010 as a commission for the Utah Arts Festival.

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