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Noctilucent cloud over Lake Saimaa in Finland
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| Credit: Mika Yrjölä |
Program Note
for alto saxophone and marimba
by Reginald Bain
Commissioned by the RoseWind Duo, Luminescent (2007) for alto saxophone and marimba was inspired by noctilucent clouds, night-shining clouds that hover 50-60 miles above the earth's surface. Made of ice crystals, these thin, wispy clouds live at the edge of space and glow a beautiful electric blue after sunset and before sunrise, when the earth is bathed in darkness. In recent years, they have mysteriously become brighter and more numerous.
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Noctilucent cloud over Lake Saimaa in Finland
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| Credit: Mika Yrjölä |
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LIVE PERFORMANCE
Clifford Leaman, alto saxophone
Scott Herring, marimba
Luminescent is available on the RoseWind Duo's album Release, Equilibrium 92.
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Updated: January 19, 2016
