Extracted from one of Glazunov’s suites for orchestra, Carnivale is a rousing tarantella to be performed at a brisk tempo in 6/8 time. With its rapid tempo and dramatic dynamic changes, Carnivale would provide a stirring conclusion to any band concert.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ronald Stilwell, Glazunov
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Beginning with an extended violin solo that is full of the double stops that are typical of American fiddle music, both instruments spur each other on to a tight, driving expression and a kind of joyful expression of the memories of hurt, akin to the…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Daniel Levitan
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Inspired by South Indian Carnatic music and the percussion works of Xenakis, Xati is an exciting yet sophisticated tambourine quintet, filled with polyrhythms and primitivism.Program NotesIn the spring of 2007 I spent two months listening to South Indian…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Payton MacDonald
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications