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Tipsy
A light-hearted, stumbling clown takes center stage
Date
2006 / 2022
Category
Orchestral
Duration
6 minutes
Instrumentation
Piccolo, 2 Flutes. 2 Oboes (2nd doubling English horn), 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussionists, Harp, Strings
Commission / Artist
The California Symphony
Premiere
The California Symphony
Barry Jekowsky, conductor
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
Walnut Creek, California in 2006.
Revised version premiered:
Düsseldorf Symphoniker
Wilson Ng, conductor
25th of September 2022
Composer's Note
A funny, absurd, and farcical work, Tipsy celebrates the joy of being good-humored and silly—pushed to a point beyond sobriety. The piece revels in uninhibited, even embarrassing behavior, the kind that emerges only when inhibitions are let go.
Tipsy is pure lightheartedness and fun. When reworking the piece for a 2022 performance, I reimagined it as a clown entertaining children with farcical, over-the-top silliness.
Tipsy
Kevin Beavers
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