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Patterson: Mean Time for brass quintet, for brass quintet
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Type: Partitur und Stimmen
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Format: 232 x 305 mm
ISBN: 9783702452254
Pages: 28
ISMN: 979-0-008-04123-5
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Description
The
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble gave the premiere of Mean Time in 1985 at the
Greenwich Festival.
As the title
suggests the work strongly refers to the location of its first performance in
Greenwich, ie, the absolute time reference (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time!
It is a virtuosic
work that presents many technical challenges for the ensemble, but overall the
approach is lighter and has playful conversations between the players.
It is in three
contrasting movements.
The first has lots
of energy generated with rapid double tonguing passages and where all the
members of the quintet have a vigorous dialogues and take an equal share of the
action.
By contrast the
second movement which is in ternary form is quite dramatic with more emphasis
on the lower instruments and features the trombone, it also uses more vertical
chorale type writing.
The last movement
is a scherzo in 6/8 time that has a humorous element, with witty exchanges
between the players; this leads on to the final section which recalls the
lively music of the first movement and ends with a huge conclusive flourish.
More information
Release info: -
Type: Partitur und Stimmen
Series: -
Languages: -
Difficulty: -
Format: 232 x 305 mm
ISBN: 9783702452254
Pages: 28
ISMN: 979-0-008-04123-5