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Inventing Flight: A Suite of Thumbnail Portraits
Composers:- Bolcom, William
Duration: 17
Description:
Subtitled “A Suite for Orchestra of Thumbnail Portraits,” this work depicts in three movements stories of first flights, both in myth and history. Movements: I. Daedalus and Icarus II. Leonardo III. Wilbur and Orville. Premiered by North Carolina Symphony, William Henry Curry conducting, Chapel Hill, NC, April 10, 2003. Versions for orchestra (original) and band (transcription) are available from the publisher.