| Composer: | Julia Schwartz |
| Duration: | 00:10:00 |
| Instrumentation: | Pan flute or transverse flute, viola, cello and harp |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Work Type: | Chamber Music with Cello |
This piece was commissioned, recorded and performed numerous times by Switzerland’s premier pan flutist Urban Frey. It also works well with the transverse flute. From the CD booklet notes: “During composition, I gave myself the task of juxtaposing strongly contrasting episodes, which give the piece a clear and dramatic form. The title suggests a sunrise, personified by the roman goddess Aurora. Romantic melodic sections alternate with angular, sharply pointillistic ones. Towards the end the music intensifies and brings the ecstatic drama to its high point.”
composerbiography: JuliaSchwartz
Julia Schwartz was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 1963 and grew up in a musical family. After graduating from the Oberlin College Conservatory with a bachelor's degree in voice in 1985 she continued her studies in voice and music theory in Munich and Zurich.
She composes pieces of music theater, choral and orchestral works, vocal and instrumental chamber music, artsongs and works for solo instruments. Her works have been performed in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the USA. Several of her works have been published in the following German music publishing houses: Carus, Furore and Certosa.
Julia is also active as a conductor, and currently directs two choruses in Constance, Germany. She continues her education in orchestra conducting in Zurich.
A classically trained soprano, she performs contemporary music and gives chanson evenings. She teaches voice privately and lives in Frauenfeld, Switzerland.