Wind Ensemble & Concert Band

Chamber Works

Fog Of The Earth

for concert band
Duration: c. 4'
2013/2016

Premiered December 17, 2016
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA
Commissioned by the Atlanta Freedom Band
Nicole Fallin, conductor

Note: Fog Of The Earth was originally composed in 2013 for string orchestra. (You can find it here.) The band arrangement was completed in 2016.

Perusal score (viewable, not printable)

Program note by the composer-

Fog of the Earth is jointly inspired by the poetry of Thoreau and by the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. I vividly remember stepping my feet into the cold waters of a mountain river, and becoming filled with the beauty of the thick air surrounding me. All the while, the words of Thoreau floated around the banks, perfectly encapsulating the brisk river meeting the cool air. The words and the river blended together in delicate harmony. I aimed to recreate this through my music.
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Fog, by Henry David Thoreau

Dull water spirit--and Protean god
Descended cloud fast anchored to the earth
That drawest too much air for shallow coasts
Thou ocean branch slowest to the sun
Incense of earth, perfumed with flowers--
Spirit of lakes and rivers, seas and rills
Come to revisit now thy native scenes
Night thoughts of earth--dream drapery
Dew cloth and fairy napkin
Thou wind-blown meadow of the air.