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Gallipoli symphony / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis, conductor.

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August offensive, op. 92b : for large orchestra [eScore] / Andrew Schultz.

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Score [ePDF]	August offensive, op. 92b : for large orchestra [eScore] / Andrew Schultz. 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (40p. -- A3 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2023	Full orchestra	Not for loan	$51.82	Add to cart
Score	August offensive, op. 92b : for large orchestra / Andrew Schultz. 1 facsimile score (40p. -- A3 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2015 Library shelf no. 784.2/SCH 3	Full orchestra	Available for loan	$73.64	Add to cart
CD	Gallipoli symphony / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis, conductor. 1 CD Published by ABC Classics — 2016 [4812629] Library shelf no. CD 2749	Full orchestra	Not for loan	$POA
Score	August offensive, opus 92 : for orchestra / Andrew Schultz. 1 facsimile score (54p. -- A3 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2015 Library shelf no. Q 784.2/SCH 13	Full orchestra - reduced forces	Available for loan	$92.73	Add to cart
Digital Audio Album	Century / Andrew Schultz ; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. 1 CD Published by ABC Classics — November, 2018 [ ABC0028948177516]	Full orchestra - reduced forces	Not for loan	$POA
CD	Selected works by AMC represented artists, vol. 31. 1 CD (78 min.) Library shelf no. CD 2448	Full orchestra - reduced forces	On loan, due 30/4/24	Non-Commercial
Parts	August offensive, opus 92 : for orchestra / Andrew Schultz. 1 set of 28 performance parts (139p. -- A4 (portrait)) Published by Australian Music Centre — 2015	Full orchestra - reduced forces	Not for loan	Hire Only

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Work Overview

August Offensive is a fast and powerful short work for orchestra. It was commissioned as the penultimate movement in the Gallipoli Symphony project funded by the Australian Government's Veteran Affairs Department. The overall project includes movements composed by selected Australian, Turkish and New Zealand composers in commemoration of the World War One events at Gallipoli in 1915.

August Offensive exists in versions for a small-size orchestra and for large orchestra.

Work Details

Year: 2012

Instrumentation: 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 B flat clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 French horns in F, trumpet in E flat, 2 trumpets in C, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players: 1: ride cymbal, snare drum ;  2: whistle, tom toms (2), sizzle cymbals (2, different sizes), bongos, tenor or field drum (with snares) ; 3: tam tam, bass drum, suspended cymbals (2, different sizes) , harp, strings.

Duration: 7 min.

Difficulty: Advanced

Commission note: Commissioned by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, Australian Government, for the Centenary of Gallipoli Commemorations, 2015

First performance: by Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Jessica Cottis — 4 Aug 15. Hagia Arena, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

This is the version for larger orchestra of August Offensive, opus 92. This version was rescored in early 2015 for the Gallipoli Symphony performances in Istanbul in August 2015. Apart from using a larger orchestra the work is the same as the smaller orchestral version.