- Year of composition: 2002
- Work category: Other chamber music with winds
- First performed: 29 June 2002, Amiralitetskyrkan, Karlskrona. Musicians from BIBA, conductor Anthony Plog.
- Duration: 10 min
Instrumentation
Piccolo trumpet, 2 trumpets, flugelhorn, horn, 3 trombones (alto, tenor, bass), euphonium, tuba.
Location for score and part material
Gehrmans Musikförlag
Description of work
Work for ten brass players in a disrupted rondo-like form, with contrasting sections and micro-intervals.
Links
https://www.benjaminstaern.se/?page_id=5150
Work comment
Commissioned by BIBA, Blekinge International Brass Academy, Karlskrona.
In Colour Wandering, a rondo-like form is deliberately disrupted as contrasting characters expand and contract. Micro-intervals distort the harmony, while the music moves between the colours of high and low brass.