movement
1:
Flurries - New Brunswick, NJ
movement 2: Nighttime Snowfall - Mount Pleasant, MI
movement 3: Blizzard - Kittatinny Lake, NJ
"Snowfalls"
consists of three movements, with the thematic material for each
composed
entirely during a snowstorm.
It was premiered in Washington DC a few days after two of the largest
blizzards ever to hit the city.
In a practice room at Central Michigan
University
after composing the 2nd movement
Live performance by the Washington
Metropolitan Philharmonic
Ulysses James, conductor
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