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Price: $65.95
Composer:
Swindler, Wil
Product Code: TB510
Instrumentation:
Solo Tenor Trombone, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Basson, Horn, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Euphonium & Tuba
Swindler: Amalgamation
Amalgamation for Solo Tenor Trombone and Nine Winds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Basson, Horn, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Euphonium & Tuba)
I. Soliliquoy
II. Lost in the Crowd
III. Song for a Southern Sunrise
IV. Daily Dance
Commissioned, premiered and recorded by Paul Compton. Amalgamation is a four-movement piece for solo tenor trombone and a choir
of mixed winds. The separate movements are performed without pause except
for a brief break between the third and fourth movements. Each section is
a distinct musical portrait of an aspect of life in New York City. The
first movement, Prologue, is a soliloquy for the trombone soloist that
states several of the themes clearly before the "background noise" of the
ensemble marks the beginning of the second movement, Lost in the Crowd.
As is suggested by the title, this section contains several themes being
played all at once to create the cacophony that can swallow the individual
as he/she attempts to be heard amongst countless other voices. Song for a
Southern Sunrise begins as the noise of the crowd calms down and the
relative peacefulness of a city sanctuary becomes the setting. The
trombone soloist sings a simple song against a flowing accompaniment.
This tranquility is short lived, however, as the fourth movement, Daily
Dance, begins with a rhythmic brass fanfare. The irony of this "dance" is
that it's turbulent odd-meter would make it quite difficult for anyone to
actually dance to it, yet in "the City" we all attempt this dance
everyday.
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