Theodore Presser Phoenix Rising - Garrop - Solo Flute/Doubling Alto Flute (One Player) - Sheet Music

Composer: Stacy Garrop
Format: Sheet Music
Instrumentation: Solo Flute Doubling Alto Flute (one player)

Legends of the phoenix are found in stories from ancient Egypt and Greece. While each culture possesses a range of stories encompassing the myth, these tales tend toward similar traits: a sacred bird with brilliantly coloured plumage and melodious call lives for typically 500 years, then dies in a nest of embers, only to be reborn among the flames. Phoenix Rising consists of two movements:

• I. Dying in Embers represents an old phoenix settling on top of a pile of embers and breathing its last breath
• II. Reborn in Flames depicts the newly-born phoenix getting its first taste of flight

Duration: 9:30