GREGORY LEE NEWSOME

Avarice
for solo flute

Gregory Lee Newsome

Avarice

Acknowledgment
This piece was commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor with funding from the Ontario Arts
Council, and is dedicated to him in friendship and admiration.

Duration
7:00

Instrumentation
C flute with B foot

Performance Instructions and Abbreviations

The four dynamic levels present, p, mp, mf, and f, should be very distinct, i.e. somewhat
exaggerated.
A precise rhythmic interpretation is preferred, i.e. minimal rubato.
No vibrato whatsoever.

d-d# alt. = alternate between trill keys

d-d# sim. = simultaneously open and close both trill keys
s.t. = slap tongue
t.r. = tongue ram

Premiere
This piece was premiered by Mark Takeshi McGregor on June 16th, 2011 at the Vancouver
East Cultural Centre on the programme Seven Deadly Sins. The Ontario premiere, also by
Mr. McGregor, was on March 9th, 2013 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Programme Note
Avarice, or extreme greed, is a sin of condition (excess wealth) and a sin of emotion
(desire). Although the idea of sin is value-laden, it is difficult to argue that excess
wealth is ethical in an unequal, unfair world. It is less clear, though, that desire is a sin when does it become wrong to want more of something? This music is a descent from
innocent desire to consuming obsession, moving through longing, confusion, and anguish,
gathering garish wealth, forfeiting humanity.
Support for Avarice was provided by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the
Government of Ontario.

Revision 2013-03-17 (ISO)

for Mark Takeshi McGregor

Avarice
Gregory Lee Newsome

q = 60, desire

tone:air = 1:0, to m. 84
no vibrato

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tone:air = 1:0, to m. 279

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punishment

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(desperate, grotesque)

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rall.