From the Feather to the Mountain

	Hilary Tann: From the Feather to the Mountain
		Scoring: 2+picc.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.4perc.cel.hp-str
		Duration: 14 minutes
		The image of the title comes from a recorded statement by artist, Arnie Bittleman: "I found a feather while walking down a road. The feather, if you look closely, has a landscape, a cloudscape in it." The piece is in one continuous movement with three main sections�cloudscape (fast, light, woodwind-dominated), landscape (slow, string-dominated), and mountainscape (fast, rhythmic, brass and percussion to the fore). "Walking" passages (with hints of New York folksongs) link the sections.