Shadows on Snow (Causton)
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Shadows on Snow is written for two of my favourite instruments: alto flute and soprano saxophone. Of its series of contrasting sections, one recurring material evokes swirling flurries of flakes gradually falling; elsewhere, the two instruments take it in turns to play the part of image and shadow. In the final section, flute and saxophone share a flickering, whispering material which is at once rapid and static, almost fusing them into one instrument. Shadows on Snow is dedicated to Minelli and Marzi (Causton)
