Celestial Musings: for flute alone

Abstract

Celestial Musings for flute alone is dedicated to Iwona Glinka I was always fascinated by the activities of the planets and stars that surround us, especially with the recent disastrous influences on our lives on earth by such things as hurricanes, wars, hunger, sudden changes of climate to name a few. I was suddenly inspired to deal with all this in my own way with a Zodiac oriented work that describes its four elements in musical terms: Air, Earth, Water and Fire. This work is dedicated to the distinguished flutist Iwona Glinka who commissioned the composition. Celestial Musings for flute alone is based on the circular motions in the Zodiac and its imagery of influences on our planet. This is my second work dealing with the stars, first being the Celestial Symphony No. 6.