Paired Visions (score & parts) - FL/BSN

Paired Visions 

for flute and bassoon

by Jay Vosk, American composer

Tilt
Shade
Bright
Respite-Dash

Paired Visions are a set of 4 varied duos for flute and bassoon. I thought of the four brief movements as a series of imaginary structures portrayed in the music.
In the first movement, Tilt, a structure seems to stubbornly remain upright and sometimes tilting to one side. In the second movement, Shade, I imagine a structure that seems to be floating and at times rising higher. It is partitioned by two interludes; first by the bassoon and later by the flute.The third movement Is meant to depict a series of wheels and turrets, sometimes punctuated ,sometimes smoothly flowing. The final movement begins with a reprise of the second floating movement and ends with a romp in an imaginary structure on wheels barreling down the road.

Jay Vosk has written over 100 compositions for a variety of media. These include works for orchestra, choir, concert band and chamber ensembles and opera. He is the recipient of a Tucson-Pima Arts Fellowship as well as an Arizona Resident Composer Award sponsored by the National Symphony Orchestra. His works have been performed throughout the U.S, Europe and Asia and at a number of IDRS conventions.