Cod’ine & Little Wheel (Buffy Remix no.2 & 6a)
from Buffy Remix
for voice, piano and chamber orchestra
Cod’ine
Little Wheel • Part 1
1. Summer Boy
2. Cod’ine
3. Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
4. Cripple Creek
5. Winter Boy
6. Little Wheel
Music and Lyrics by Buffy Sainte-Marie arranged by Giorgio Magnanensi
The duration of the piece is about 20 minutes.
SCORE IN C
ORCHESTRATION
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons, 2 French Horns, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 1 Tenor Trombone, Timpani, 1 Percussion (Marimba, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Crotali, Bass D rum, Snare Drum, Hi-Hat, Congas, Tambourine, Low Cymbal, Woodblocks, Kalimba (thumb piano), 1st Violins (divisi), 2nd Violins (divisi), Viola (divisi), Celli (divisi), Double Bass (divisi) plus piano and vocal soloist
PROGRAM NOTES
“The real art occurs in the imagination. Then the work begins. The tools are whatever we can get, beads or pixels, hunting bows or an orchestra.” (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
The arrangements I composed for Veda Hille and the CBC Radio Orchestra are homage to this spirit, homage to a great artist never given enough credit, whose art and activism will be always inspiring. (Giorgio Magnanensi)
Dedicated to Veda Hille
Buffy Remix was written in December of 2006 in Roberts Creek, B.C.
Commissioned by CBC Radio