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Re: Bourgeois - Concerto for Brass Band No 1

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Subject: Re: Bourgeois - Concerto for Brass Band No 1
From: Lars "Hdersdal" <larshaedersdal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:59:04 PDT
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Hi Jeremy

The piece is a transcription for brass band of a piece commissioned by 
Phillip Jones in 1979, for his brass ensemble. The work is in one continous 
movement. A Motto theme is announced at the outset, and this rcurs in 
several guises throughout the piece. The first section proper is fast and 
energtic, slowly subsiding into a rather lugubrious slow episode with a 
climactic central section. The final section is in a sort of distorted rumba 
rhythm and is a tour de force for the instrumentalists. The term "Concerto 
Grosso" is used in the baroque sense, as throughout the piece snall groups 
of players are feature against a ripeno background of the rest of the 
ensemble. The first performance of this version for brass band was given by 
the Sun Life Band, in a BBC Bandstand broadcast in 1982.

This is the program notes from the CD, Festival of Brass 1991, by Derek 
Bourgeois him self.


Lars


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