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Listen to extracts from the premier:
HERA, goddess of marriage, introduces a happy wedding
march, with colorful pipes, chiming bells, throbbing drums,
and shining bugles. Not even her violent pianistic
outburst against husband Zeus’ infidelities can effect the
majestic pomp of the occasion.
With an abrupt change of pace, a clip-clop of horse’s
hooves and a chattering of trumpets, ARTEMIS leads
away the members of the hunt.
As the riders disappear over the horizon, the seductive
flute introduces APHRODITE. On the solo piano, the
goddess of love awakens from languid desire and rises in
glorious ecstasy.
Fluttering woodwinds and sweeping brass summon up
images of the bounteous kingdom of DEMETER, goddess
of fertility.
When the sun sets, the tired travelers settle onto the floor
of HESTIA’s hearth and hear the piano re-emerge with a
simple melody.
As the tune fragments, we enter HECATE’s underworld,
where the drums are wild, the pipes ominous, and the
piano full of fire.
In attempting to pacify this atmosphere, the soft winds
must fail once, but then lead the listener to the exuberant
fanfares and joyful virtuosity of that energetic warrioress,
ATHENE.
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Greek Goddesses
Date of Composition: 2001
Duration: 17 min.
Instrumentation: solo piano and
symphonic wind ensemble:
5383-4332-sax.(4)-perc.(6)
First Performance: Dana Symphonic Wind
Ensemble; Stephen Gage, conductor;
Caroline Oltmanns, piano; 2nd Annual
Piano Week; Ford Theatre, Youngstown,
Ohio; March 2001
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