Paul Sanho Kim

Enjoying Life

for wind ensemble (2002)

Excerpts from premiere performance with University of Virginia Wind Ensemble, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2004. Dwight Purvis, conductor.

Duration: 7.5′

Instrumentation: piccolo, 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinets 1-3, bass clarinet, opt. contrabass clarinet, bassoon, 2 alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, 4 horns, 3 Bb trumpets, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani + 4 percussion [glockenspiel, xylophone, triangle, slapstick, vibraslap, tambourine, bass drum, crash cymbals]

Enjoying Life is an uplifting work exploring various states of contentment. This single-movement work consists of four seamlessly connected sections: Peaceful, Playful, Dreamy, and Exultant. One of Kim’s earliest works for large ensemble, it is also one of his first works to employ a favorite stylistic technique of modulating to a different key mid-theme.