"Faia" is a suite for concert band in three movements, by Signe Crawford. The first movement, "Fire", represents the earth's Pre-cambrian Era, and is fast and hot. “The Primordial Ooze” was written to take the listener on a journey through creation through the eyes of the Greeks, whose goddess of creation was Gaia. The introduction is the cooling period after the fire, followed by protozoa, represented by bells. The “ooze” is then depicted in the clarinet section, followed by the dinosaurs, (low brass), and other life forms, including amphibians and mammals, (trumpet and flute). Finally, come the higher forms including homo-sapiens, (referenced by the motifs from “Also Spracht Zarathustra” and the theme from Star Trek). The movement culminates in chaos, followed by a piercing whistle. The band defiantly blasts out a chromatic chord, which then morphs into the first chord of “Gaia”, as the players diminuendo and drop out one by one. Peace ensues.
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