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PurchasePerformed By: the Monarch Brass Quintet
Movements:
I. Glint II. Glow III. Glide
I. Glint II. Glow III. Glide
Instrumentation:
Brass choir: 2 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 2 tubas
Brass choir: 2 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 2 tubas
Duration: 11 minutes
Commissioned By:
Monarch Brass - Marin Alsop, conductor
Monarch Brass - Marin Alsop, conductor
Premiere:
July 2, 1996, Summerwind Festival, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Monarch Brass - Marin Alsop, conductor.
July 2, 1996, Summerwind Festival, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Monarch Brass - Marin Alsop, conductor.
Available From:
Oxford University Press, rental. Distributed by C.F. Peters.
Oxford University Press, rental. Distributed by C.F. Peters.
Composer's Notes:
In Brass Flight I imagined a large, graceful brass butterfly as it swoops, dips and glides in the sun. Each of the three movements evokes a particular aspect of this fantastical creature. Glint suggests light glinting from its wings, while Glow explores in melody the beauty of a butterfly in stillness. Glide evokes the beating and gliding of the butterfly in flight. Brass Flight was commissioned for the inaugural concert of the Monarch Brass, Marin Alsop, conductor, and was premiered at the Summerwind Festival, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, on July 2, 1996.
- Libby Larsen
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