
Music that reflects humanity’s relationship with the natural world, both as part of it and in conflict with it
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Nunatak
Full Orchestra: 3(afl)3(eh)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.2perc/ harp.cel/ str
Small Orchestra: 2/2(eh)22/4331/timp.2perc/ harp or pno.cel/str6 minutes
Nunatak was written during a road trip to Colorado with my mother and one year old daughter. I was struck by the enormity of landscapes and landforms: the Mohave, the Colorado River, the Rockies, and my mind wandered north, to the glaciers of Alaska and Canada.