Alarm Will Sound | "Haworthia" by Aaron Mencher performed by Alarm Will Sound @alarmwillsound | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Aaron Mencher, composer
Performed by Alarm Will Sound
Live at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 27, 2019
Notes by the composer:
Last year, my partner convinced me to buy some house plants to spruce up my drab apartment. This piece is titled after the genus of one of the small plants that has since lived on my windowsill for the last year. I was inspired by the beautiful geometry of the leaves that unfurl from the center of the plant in neat spirals. Similarly, I took small bits of musical material that then spiral out throughout the piece.
Alarm Will Sound:
Alan Pierson, conductor and Artistic Director
Erin Lesser, flute
Christa Robinson, oboe
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Elisabeth Stimpert, clarinet
Michael Harley, bassoon
Laura Weiner, horn
Tim Leopold, flugelhorn
Michael Clayville, trombone
Matt Smallcomb, percussion
Chris Thompson, percussion
John Orfe, piano
Alan Pierson, piano
Courtney Orlando, violin
Stefan Freund, cello
Miles Brown, bass
Daniel Neumann, audio engineering
Executive Director, Gavin Chuck
General Manager, Annie Toth
Production Manager, Jason Varvaro
Assistant Director of Artistic Planning, Peter Ferry
Librarian, Chihiro Shibayama
Special thanks to Patti Kilroy (violin), Beth Myers (viola), Yuri Yamashita (percussion), and Nathan Koci (horn).
Aaron Mencher, composer
Performed by Alarm Will Sound
Live at the Mizzou International Composers Festival, July 27, 2019
Notes by the composer:
Last year, my partner convinced me to buy some house plants to spruce up my drab apartment. This piece is titled after the genus of one of the small plants that has since lived on my windowsill for the last year. I was inspired by the beautiful geometry of the leaves that unfurl from the center of the plant in neat spirals. Similarly, I took small bits of musical material that then spiral out throughout the piece.
Alarm Will Sound:
Alan Pierson, conductor and Artistic Director
Erin Lesser, flute
Christa Robinson, oboe
Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Elisabeth Stimpert, clarinet
Michael Harley, bassoon
Laura Weiner, horn
Tim Leopold, flugelhorn
Michael Clayville, trombone
Matt Smallcomb, percussion
Chris Thompson, percussion
John Orfe, piano
Alan Pierson, piano
Courtney Orlando, violin
Stefan Freund, cello
Miles Brown, bass
Daniel Neumann, audio engineering
Executive Director, Gavin Chuck
General Manager, Annie Toth
Production Manager, Jason Varvaro
Assistant Director of Artistic Planning, Peter Ferry
Librarian, Chihiro Shibayama
Special thanks to Patti Kilroy (violin), Beth Myers (viola), Yuri Yamashita (percussion), and Nathan Koci (horn).
