Aqua (Hommage à Jacques Yves-Cousteau) – Steve Heitzeg

If you are interested in a parts set for a performance, please contact us. Composer: Steve Heitzeg Instrumentation: 2 (pic)-2-2-2/4-3-3-1/timp, 3 perc, hp/str Duration: Approx. 7 minutes Date Written: 1998 Commissioned by: Robert and Elizabeth Shepley Premiered by: Virginia Symphony; Joann Falletta, conductor, Norfolk, Virginia on 01/30/1999 Additional Information: A tribute to explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his life-long mission to preserve the oceans, Aqua unfolds in ten variations, offering an ever-transforming journey through the seas. Passages range from “Sea Horse Dances” to “Sea Dirge: Becoming Ocean.”  Percussionists play an unusual mix of instruments: driftwood, coral, stones, nautical bells, steel pipes and plastic six-pack rings. Heitzeg calls Aqua “a protest against the destruction of the oceans and a celebration of their unfathomable beauty.” Below: A pictures of composer Steve Heitzeg with Jacques Yves-Cousteau