Goblin Market
Complete Work Title:
Goblin Market
Performance Medium:
solo trombone and intermedia environment
Movements:
I. come buy, come buy
II. open heart/absent dream (theme & variations 1-5)
Theme
Variation 1: dormant
Variation 2: pastoral
Variation 3: melancholy
Variation 4: empty
Variation 5: urgent
III. Laura dwindling (passacaglia)
IV. resistance (improvisation)
V. bitterness without a name (epilogue: variations 6-12)
Variation 6: delirious
Variation 7: passionate
Variation 8: anxious
Variation 9: fervid
Variation 10: resolute
Variation 11: susurrant
Variation 12 (coda): reflective
Duration:
c.20:00
Dedication:
to William Bootz
Date Composed:
July 1992 - June 1993
Performance Information:
The intermedia environment includes prepared piano (one performer), amplification, live FX processing, computer music, lighting, and staging.
Additional Information:
Supported by a Composer Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Performance History:
William Bootz, trombonist; Douglas Reed, prepared piano:
• 8 February 2005; University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)
• 1 December 1998; University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)
William Bootz, trombonist; Joseph Klein, prepared piano:
• 11 June 1995; University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK) — Living Arts of Tulsa New Genre
William Bootz, trombonist; Douglas Reed, prepared piano
• 2 June 1995; University of Nevada, Las Vegas — International Trombone Workshop
• 16 February 1995; Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)
• 15 February 1995; Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX)
• 14 February 1995; University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
• 13 February 1995; University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
• 12 February 1995; University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
• 27 April 1994; Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) [Movements I, II, & V]
• 30 March 1994; Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)
Andrew Glendening, trombonist; Jay Flippin, prepared piano:
• 17 March 1994; Morehead State University (Morehead, KY) — MSU New Music Festival
William Bootz, trombonist; Douglas Reed, prepared piano:
• 22 February 1994; University of Evansville (Evansville, IN) [premiere]
Downloads & Links:
audio recording (mp3)
Performance recorded 13 February 1995, University of North Texas; William Bootz (trombone), Douglas Reed (piano). An excerpt (V. bitterness without a name; score pp. 31-34) of this performance is also available here.
video excerpt (Quicktime movie)
Movement II. open heart/absent dream (variations 1-5, pp. 15-20), from 14 February 1995 performance, University of North Texas; William Bootz (trombone), Douglas Reed (piano). (Video recorded by Christopher Morgan; edited by Joseph Klein.)
Knipe, Sandra: "Far-out Sounds Propel Eerie Musical Tale"
Article in The Evansville Press regarding the premiere performance of Goblin Market, 21 February 1994.
