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Performance by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra from the CD Ascension and descend |
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CD
Ascension and descend / Mary Finsterer ; Fanfare: in this day and age / James Ledger.
Library shelf no. CD 1039 [Available for loan]
Score
In this day and age : for symphony orchestra / James Ledger.
Library shelf no. Q 784.21892/LED 1 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
The opening of In this Day and Age was an idea I had
before I was commissioned to write a fanfare by the Adelaide
Symphony Orchestra. The blaring trumpet and drums seemed to be an
ideal beginning for an orchestral fanfare. Whilst the
instrumentation here is typical of a heraldic trumpet call, (for
example, Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks or Alfred
Newman's 20th Century Fox fanfare), the rhythms have been
dramatically mutated.
In addition to these rhythmic passages that lace the piece, there
are improvised moments - players are asked to play notes randomly
to a given rhythm, - this was my "Australianism" in the piece, a
kind of "make it up as we go" idea.
The piece is predominately optimistic - as most fanfares are,
there are however, quiter moments of reflection.
Work Details
Year: 2001
Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B flat, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets in C, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players), harp, strings.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional.
Commission note: Commissioned by Symphony Australia for performance by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with funds provided by Australia Council.
First performance: by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Bernhard Gueller — 20 Apr 01. Festival Theatre, Adelaide
One of a series of fanfares commissioned to mark the Centenary of Federation.
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Fanfares
Performances of this work
23 Jan 2010: at Symphony in the Domain (The Domain). Featuring Sydney Symphony, Paul Kildea.
20 Apr 01: Festival Theatre, Adelaide . Featuring Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Bernhard Gueller.
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