Spell

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="3a17d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Compositions"><U><B>Recent compositions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breaking the Silence"><U>Breaking the Silence</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="All Rights Reserved"><U>All Rights Reserved</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dulce et Decorum Est"><U>Dulce et Decorum Est</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fairy Tales"><U>Fairy Tales</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hibakusha"><U>Hibakusha</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A View to a Death"><U>A View to a Death</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Pan Suite"><U>Peter Pan Suite</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Córdoba"><U>Córdoba</U></A>   |   <B>Spell</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spring and Fall"><U>Spring and Fall</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fantasia for Piano"><U>Fantasia for Piano</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Silken Tent"><U>The Silken Tent</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="691152c0.png" border=0 width="21" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> On <I>Spell</I>...</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>“…excellent rhythmic vitality…very effective in performance.”</B></div> <bR> <div> Mary Ann Griebling</div> <bR> <div> <B>Order the Score:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.lulu.com/content/378566" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.lulu.com/content/378566"><U><B><IMG SRC="6926e8e0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="287004d2excwnc.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="44647230.png" border=0 width="71" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>INSTRUMENTATION</B>: Violin & two Cellos</div> <div> <B>DURATION</B>: Ca. 8½ minutes</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="4fc51990.png" border=0 width="81" height="153" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT>While <I>Spell</I> is not truly programmatic, the music and movement titles are meant to create a loose story of sorcerers casting a spell.  In the <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Movement 1: Spell"><U>first movement (“Spell”)</U></A>, the casting of the spell starts in the violin and is echoed and expanded upon by the second cello.  The <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Movement 2: Pagan Dance"><U>second movement (“Pagan Dance”)</U></A> starts as an extension of the first, but gradually builds into a raucous and chaotic dance.  The energy continually increases until it is finally suspended at a high point: the spell is ending; dawn in approaching.  In the <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Movement 3: Embers"><U>final movement (“Embers”)</U></A>, the fire begins to die.  Various motives and themes return and are subject to increasing fragmentation.  Though the spell and the fire are dying, the magic only fades from view.  The movements are played without pause.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Listen to the piece:</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-373/Spell.mp3" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <A HREF="#about_the_recording_1" TITLE="Spell"><U><I>About the recording</I></U></A></div> <div> (For slower connections, order a sample CD <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recordings"><U>here</U></A>.)</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="performance_history_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <U>Awards</U></div> <div> Winner of the 2004 National Association of Composers (NACUSA)</div> <div> Young Composers Competition, <I>First Place</I></div> <bR> <div> <U>Performance History</U></div> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="October 14, 2005"><U>October 14, 2005</U></A></div> <div> LaTannia Ellerbe, violin; Meaghan Skogen and Gina Pezzoli, cellos</div> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="October 14, 2005"><U><I>Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>University of North Carolina at Greensboro</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 22, 2005"><U>April 22, 2005</U></A></div> <div> Gerardo Hilera, violin; Timothy Loo and Paula Fehrenbach, cellos</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.music-usa.org/nacusa/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.music-usa.org/nacusa/"><U>National Association of Composers (USA)</U></A></div> <div> <I>California State University, Los Angeles</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April 10, 2005"><U>April 10, 2005</U></A></div> <div> Nell Stanton, violin; Alyson Berger and Robin Hassenflug, cellos</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.acmusic.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.acmusic.org/"><U>Accessible Contemporary Music</U></A></div> <div> <I>The Green Mill, Chicago</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Master of Music Recital"><U>November 21, 2004</U></A></div> <div> Oscar Soler, violin; Charlie Tyler and Carl Baron, cellos</div> <div> Master's Recital, Kulas Hall</div> <div> <I>Cleveland Institute of Music</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 6, 2004"><U>May 6, 2004</U></A></div> <div> Sarah Crocker, violin; Peter Myers and Joshua Roman, cellos</div> <div> New Music Festival</div> <div> <I>Cleveland Institute of Music</I></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="about_the_recording_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <U>About the Recording</U></div> <div> This is a live recording of a performance in Kulas Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music, on May 6, 2004.  The violinist is <B>Sarah Crocker</B>; the cellists are <B>Joshua Roman</B> and <B>Peter Myers</B>.</div> <bR> <div> All music ©2004 Aaron Alon (ASCAP).  All rights reserved.<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>