The Seas Between Us
The Seas Between Us, Eric Nathan (2024) 23'for solo flute and orchestra Movements:I. At SeaII. To DanceIII. Beyond Waves Instrumentation: solo flute; 2.2.2.2/4.2.2.1/timp.3 perc/hp/str Orchestral performance parts are available via rental. Click here for a rental quote. I grew up close to the sea, by a tidal estuary that exhibited a dramatic range of being. On a grey, wintry day it could be so still that you could not tell where the sea ended and the clouds began, yet, during a storm, its white-capped waves could thrash so violently you dared not venture too close for risk of being swept away. On clear days, I would stand on the shore and look out across the bay imagining the open sea beyond and the faraway lands that awaited on its opposite shores. Shortly before writing this piece, flutist Alejandro Escuer’s home was destroyed by sea surf whipped up by a hurricane. I was moved by both the painfulness of this experience but also his and his family’s determination to rebuild. As I bega