{"id":631,"date":"2015-12-24T19:03:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/shop\/mirror-of-diana-2-duos\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T22:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:01:52","slug":"mirror-of-diana-flute-percussion","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/mirror-of-diana-flute-percussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror of Diana: Two Duos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Download a Preview PDF of the Score<\/h2>\n<p>Mirror of Diana: 2 Duos for flute and percussion &#8211; Preview (557 kB)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><div class=\"sdm_download_button_box_default\"><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=3964\" method=\"post\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-form sdm-download-form\"><div class=\"sdm-recaptcha-button\"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-v3-response\" name=\"g-recaptcha-response\"\/><a href=\"#\" class=\"sdm_download teal sdm_download_with_condition\">Download Watermarked Score for Perusal<\/a><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"download_id\" value=\"3964\" \/><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Printing is disabled for Preview scores.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p>These two duos are contemporary chamber music that happen to be inspired by the same poem and are for the same pair of instruments. I don&#8217;t consider them two movements of a single work, although it is perfectly reasonable to perform them together too.<\/p>\n<p>The poem &#8220;Mirror of Diana&#8221; by Victorian-era poet Mathilde Blind has an evocative opening and closing stanza. These pieces both came out of those lines, but they are very different in character.<\/p>\n<p>The two pieces are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>float into the quiet skies<\/strong>: Rising lines soar upward, arpeggios and tremolos cascade up and down with a serene ending. Moderately challenging. Although in 4\/4 it should be played with a cadenza-like freedom. Sparing percussion highlights the flute&#8217;s dramatic moments: high metal wind chimes, triangle, maraca. Duration approx. 4&#8217;45&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>melt into the flux<\/strong>: More of an equal partnership than &#8220;float&#8230;&#8221;, the staccato notes of the flute and temple blocks answer each other and color each other&#8217;s sound. Much more rhythmically driven. Percussion is 5 temple blocks and 3 roto toms. Duration approx. 4&#8242;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product-category\/themed-collections\/poetry-inspired-music\/\">Poetry-Inspired Music collection<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Listen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>float into the quiet skies<\/strong>: <strong>Listen<\/strong> to an MP3 audio file, created with virtual orchestra sounds, including East West Quantum Leap and Native Instruments Kontakt 3.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-631-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-floatintoskies-flpc-qlsovsl.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-floatintoskies-flpc-qlsovsl.mp3\">http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-floatintoskies-flpc-qlsovsl.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>melt into the flux<\/strong>: <strong>Listen<\/strong> to a recording by Jessi Rosinski, flute and Jeffrey Means, percussion.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-631-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-meltintotheflux.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-meltintotheflux.mp3\">http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-meltintotheflux.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2>Poem &#8211; Excerpt<\/h2>\n<div class=\"poem\">\n<p><strong>The Mirror of Diana<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Mathilde Blind (1841-1896)<br \/>\nfrom Birds of Passage (1895): Songs of the Occident<\/p>\n<p>She floats into the quiet skies,<br \/>\nWhere, in the circle of hills,<br \/>\nHer immemorial mirror fills<br \/>\nWith light, as of a Virgin&#8217;s eyes<br \/>\nWhen, love a-tremble in their blue,<br \/>\nThey glow twin violets dipped in dew.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nHaunting the deep reflective mind,<br \/>\nYou may surprise its perfect Sphere<br \/>\nGlassed like the Moon within her mere,<br \/>\nWho at a puff of alien wind<br \/>\nMelts in innumerable rings,<br \/>\nElusive in the flux of things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the whole poem at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theotherpages.org\/poems\/blind03.html\">http:\/\/www.theotherpages.org\/poems\/blind03.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download a Preview PDF of the Score Mirror of Diana: 2 Duos for flute and percussion &#8211; Preview (557 kB) Printing is disabled for Preview scores. Notes These two duos are contemporary chamber music that happen to be inspired by the same poem and are for the same pair of instruments. 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