Three Washington Statues Philip Sparke

Titel / Title: Three Washington Statues
Herausgeber / Publisher: Anglo Music Press
Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Elite Series
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Sprache / Language: English-German-French-Dutch
Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2015
ISMN: 9790570299805

Three Washington Statues was commissioned by the United States Army Band Pershing's Own, led by Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier. Washington D.C. contains some of the world's most iconic monuments, memorials and statues. Philip Sparke has chosen three of these as the inspiration for this piece: The Lincoln Memorial' in the form of a Greek Doric temple in which the composer depicts the grandeur of this monument; The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial' on which steps the iconic speech I have a dream' was given - the music is both reverential as well as powerful referring to Martin Luther Kings' speech; and the Encore' statue in memory of the world famous African-American composer, pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington. In this final movement, Philip Sparke catches the virtuosic, energetic and unique dynamism of Ellington's' music.