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Reena Esmail

Composer

Pedernal

August 14, 2021 by

premiere recording of Pedernal — commissioned by Mary Elizabeth Bowden

Program Notes

This miniature for trumpet takes its name from the landform you see in the distance in the video above. Pedernal is an iconic mesa outside of Santa Fe, near Ghost Ranch — the home and studio of American painter Georgia O’Keefe.

I have visited Pedernal many times in my life — it is mysterious and majestic, just as in O’Keefe’s painting of it. It was pure coincidence that drew Mary to record in this location, and yet, this vista was the perfect framing for the piece — reaching out into the vast natural world, and hoping to find our calls reflected back.

Recording

see video above

Premiere/Performances

Virtual premiere of the work in the video above — released September 2021

Press/Reviews

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Instrumentation: unaccompanied trumpet

Duration: 1′

Year: 2021

Movements: 1

Commissioned by: Mary Elizabeth Bowden

Program Notes

Recording

Premiere/Performances

Press/Reviews

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