I Wish They All Could Be. . . Octet

For Instrumental Octet

COMMISSIONED: Cheltenham International Festival of Music and San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

PREMIERE: Revised version: July 2012, Museum of Modern Art SummerGarden, Juilliard Contemporary Music Ensemble, Joel Sachs, conductor; original version: July 1986, Cheltenham Festival, UK, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Jean-Louis LeRoux, conductor

DURATION: fifteen minutes

PUBLISHER: All Conrad Cummings works are self-published; contact him here

INSTRUMENTATION: flute doubling alto flute and piccolo, clarinet doubling bass clarinet, piano, harp, percussion, violin, viola, cello

Excerpt from the premiere performance by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at the Cheltenham Festival: