A Child's Garden Of Dreams: III. - David Maslanka
Third Movement: "A horde of small animals frightens the dreamer. The animals increase to a tremendous size, and one of them devours the little girl." Disclaimer: I own nothing. The audio content of this video is the property of the Dallas Wind Symphony and Reference Recordings. "A Child's Garden Of Dreams" is another one of David Maslanka's monumental works for band. The inspiration for this piece came from "Man and His Symbols," a book by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. In the book, Jung recounts a story about a father who presented him with a handwritten booklet of dreams that the father had received from his 10-year-old daughter as a Christmas present. The dreams were completely incomprehensible to the father, but each one was structured like a fairy tale, beginning with the words, "Once upon a time." Rather than a happy resolution, each dream seemed to suggest impending disaster. The girl died of an infectious disease about a year later. After hearing this, Jung realized that the dreams were a preparation for death, not a long and happy life. It gave him a startling perspective on life and death, and how death casts an unknown shadow over its victims. One might recall the old Roman saying, "Life is but a short dream, rather than the joy and exuberance of its springtime." Maslanka chose five of the twelve dreams as motifs for each movement of the piece. Performed by the Dallas Wind Symphony, taken form their album "Maslanka: Garden Of Dreams." Jerry Junkin, Conductor
Third Movement: "A horde of small animals frightens the dreamer. The animals increase to a tremendous size, and one of them devours the little girl." Disclaimer: I own nothing. The audio content of this video is the property of the Dallas Wind Symphony and Reference Recordings. "A Child's Garden Of Dreams" is another one of David Maslanka's monumental works for band. The inspiration for this piece came from "Man and His Symbols," a book by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. In the book, Jung recounts a story about a father who presented him with a handwritten booklet of dreams that the father had received from his 10-year-old daughter as a Christmas present. The dreams were completely incomprehensible to the father, but each one was structured like a fairy tale, beginning with the words, "Once upon a time." Rather than a happy resolution, each dream seemed to suggest impending disaster. The girl died of an infectious disease about a year later. After hearing this, Jung realized that the dreams were a preparation for death, not a long and happy life. It gave him a startling perspective on life and death, and how death casts an unknown shadow over its victims. One might recall the old Roman saying, "Life is but a short dream, rather than the joy and exuberance of its springtime." Maslanka chose five of the twelve dreams as motifs for each movement of the piece. Performed by the Dallas Wind Symphony, taken form their album "Maslanka: Garden Of Dreams." Jerry Junkin, Conductor