Short Suite

Instrumentation

2(picc)222 4221,t,xyl,str

Year

1981

Duration

15:00

Composed

5/22/1981 - 10/2/1981

Dedication

James Roy

Commission

Commissioned for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra by a consortium supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, and consisting of the American Composers Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, and the Tri-City Symphony

"When composer Charles Wuorinen gave the downbeat, it was as if someone had thrown an electric switch ... Think of an electrical force field radiating energy.  'That is Wuorinen's SHORT SUITE.  This is music somehow connected with the very life force, somehow vital and alive, making us feel more vital and alive as we experience it." Milwaukee Journal