Fanfare and Evocation

Ces trois évocations ont un point commun elles réunissent le même matériau thématique. Chaque mouvement de la suite est écrit dans un style différent pour permettre à vos musiciens d?illustrer toutes les facettes de leur art. Three Evocations s?adresse à la fois aux formations complètes et/ou incomplètes (voix dédoublées).

This striking new work from master composer John Moss uses marvelous band scoring techniques and a distinctive form to achieve a wonderfully effective musical setting. The exciting opening fanfare section ends with a clarinetcadenza which introduces the ?evocation? section. Beautiful sonorities and flowing melodies are heard before the brief return of the fanfare theme and clarinet solo. From there the work tapers to a quiet and peacefulclose. Wonderful writing!

Fleeting shadows fertive visions night birds and dawn - these are the images we confront while on Night Watch. This is the opening production from Jay's evocative show Night Watch. Intense but scored for small instrumentation ;And there are melodies!

Highly evocative this musical production personifies conflict and struggle. A well-placed percussion feature offers great visual opportunities a fine display of drumming and a chance for winds to rest their chops before the final assault!

From the composer: High Flyers are regarded as people with promise and potential.They are winners. This is music for winners.The title as well as being a play-on-words implies the nature of the work. It is a bright optimistic and upbeat piece attempting to depict an exhilarating ride on flying carpet. The opening rising chords immediately suggest the gentle elevation of the carpets' ascent towards unknown heights leading to a hint of a first theme in the horns at Fig. B. The first four notes provide the thematic material for the whole work: C F G A.A perpetual sense of movement is achieved through accented quaver chords punctuating the melodicmaterial of the first main theme. Fig. E sees the music of the opening bars fully realised with flourishes from the euphonium and baritones representing swirling clouds shooting stars or passing birds in flight.The same subject is developed into a lyrical second theme with a new lush harmonic treatment evocative of gliding over an expanse of sparse countryside.This section ends with a note of serenity but is shattered by the urgent insistence of the percussion rhythms.The third section introduces a new idea with a slightly distorted fanfare in the cornets and trombones. This figure suggests for the first time that there may be trouble ahead. In fact there is no need to fear and the journey can continue without aggravation. This fanfare returns near the end to signal a final note of triumph.A new rhythmic variant of the cell motif emerges as the third theme now transformed by the addition of a triplet figure. The music steadily gains momentum before moving inexorably towards the climactic return of the music and tonality of the opening bars of the piece.

Written in a grand film score style this magnificent work opens with a dynamic fanfare featuring soaring brass and woodwind flourishes. Descriptive and evocative with every phrase including a beautiful slow lyric section transport your audience on a thrilling musical adventure with this impressive overture! Dur: 5:50 (Grade 5)