| Composition Year | 2016 |
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| Genre Categories | Pieces; For bassoon, orchestra; Scores featuring the bassoon; |
| Work Title | Dream Variations |
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| Alternative. Title | Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra |
| Composer | Bancks, Jacob |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJB 2 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 2016 |
| First Performance. | 2016/3/5 |
| First Publication. | 2016 |
| Dedication | Commissioned by the Quad City Symphony |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 27 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
| Piece Style | Modern |
| Instrumentation | Solo: bassoon Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (tenor and bass) 3 percussion, celesta, piano, strings |
| External Links | https://soundcloud.com/jacob-bancks/sets/dream-variations-for-bassoon |
For some reason, one reason we sleep is so we can take the raw materials of consciousness – our memories, desires, and anxieties – and rearrange and exaggerate them into new scenarios: enlightening, thrilling, distressing, or absurd. This is not unlike the approach I adopted when writing Dream Variations. The original characteristics of the theme (perhaps imitating the interior and exterior sensations of falling asleep) are exaggerated and distorted in the succeeding eight variations: deepening breath becomes a frenzied intoxication, passing anxiety becomes an actual predator, and what were simple wind chimes become massive church bells.
