Colchester Fantasy Eric Ewazen
Blechbläserquintett
Stimmen
Program Notes
Stimmen
Program Notes
The composer has supplied the following program notes: Colchester Fantasy was written for the American Brass Quintet while I was teaching at the Estherwood Music Festival, held in Colchester, England during the summer of 1987. Colchester is the oldest recorded town in Britain. It has an old Roman wall, a massive Norman castle, picturesque homes and churches, and, as in all decent English towns, colorful old pubs. Each movement in this work is named after an old Colchester pub. The first movement, The Rose and Crown, is filled with bright, sonorous chords, energetic rhythmic patterns, and constantly changing and fluctuating motives. The second movement The Marquis of Granby (a name which I associated with a distant, faded aristocracy) is a stately, chorale-like movement with somber, plaintive themes. The third movement The Dragoon brings forth the sounds of battle with dissonant, clashing harmonies, agitated rhythms, and fragmented melodies. To close the work, the fourth movement, The Red Lion (a name with its intimations of royalty and nobility) is a resonant fugue, propelled forward with motoric motion, and a rapid, spinning fugue theme. These old English pubs of Colchester were a fine source of inspiration. Their names brought to my mind images of ancient and historical traditions, and impressions of the grandeur and majesty of time past. The beer was good, too!
Inhalt / Content:
1. The Rose and Crown
2. The Marquis of Granby
3. The Dragoon
4. The Red Lion
First performance:
24 February 1988;
The Juilliard School; New York
Product information
Order id: 858817
Difficulty: 4
Duration: 15:55 min
Pages: -
publisher id: HL 03776462
EAN: 884088764692
Difficulty: 4
Duration: 15:55 min
Pages: -
publisher id: HL 03776462
EAN: 884088764692
Composer: Eric Ewazen
Arranger: -
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Instrumentation: Kammermusik / Ensemble
Arranger: -
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Co.
Instrumentation: Kammermusik / Ensemble
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