In this piece, two bassoons inhabit the roles of wind and wheat — not fixed characters, but shifting states. At times one breathes while the other bends in response; at others, both swirl independently, caught in their own patterns of motion. Their musical phrases are short and asymmetrical, evolving separately yet always aware of the shared space they inhabit.
The piece is not built on dialogue in the traditional sense. Rather, it explores how two voices can move alongside each other — adjusting, diverging, aligning momentarily — without ever fusing or fully separating. As in a field of wheat stirred by wind, the patterns emerge not from precision, but from flow. Small movements ripple outward, forming larger shapes that neither part controls alone.
At its heart, As the Wind Bends the Wheat is a meditation on coexistence: the delicate, dynamic relationship between independence and interdependence, between the individual and the collective. Like the landscape it evokes, the music invites us to step back and witness how seemingly scattered gestures can together suggest something larger and unified.