Pink Floyd’s Shine On You Crazy Dimaond - second half (arrangement)
For flute, oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (2012)
(alternate version: flute, clarinet in Bb, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano)
Length: 8 minutes
Written for Ensemble 20-21
This performance:
Hilary Jones, flute
Brian Adamczyk, clarinet
PUBLIQuartet, strings
Gilad Cohen, piano
About the arrangement
Pink Floyd’s iconic song “Shine On You Crazy Dimaond” have been occuping me since I was a teenager. The central piece in the band’s 1975 LP Wish You Were Here, “Shine On” (which lasts for 26 minutes) is one of their most evocative and emotional works. It was inspired by the tragedy of Syd Barrett, the band’s original writer, singer, and guitarist who has lost his hold on reality after recording merely one album with the band. This arrangement, I hope, brings forth the music’s power and intercate textures in a new way, given the absense of the key instruments in the original version: electric guitars, synthesizers, and drums.
