Cape Kennedy

Serge Lancen

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The title of this work is also written Cap Kennedy.

General Info

Year: 1971
Duration: c. 13:05
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Editions Robert Martin
Cost: Score and Parts - $382.68 | Score Only - $73.79

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Serge Lancen's piece Cape Kennedy (known today as Cape Canaveral) was dedicated to the Mission Apollo 11 astronauts who landed on the moon in July, 1969. The piece represents eleven moments of the journey: prelude; launching; overcoming gravity; space travel; sense of immobility; contemplating a marvelous panorama; the travel goes on; a marvelous sensation; a disconcerting moon’s night; happily restoring earth contact; a glorious moon landing. The piece’s great achievement is its musical coherence in spite of diversity, both in terms of musical materials and space travel images. In 1978, the piece received an award at the first division of the World Championship of Wind Orchestras in Kerkrade, Netherlands.

- Program Note by the Javeriana University Symphonic Band

Awards

Cap Kennedy has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Landesblasorchester Baden-Württemberg (Björn Bus, conductor) – 14 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.
Javeriana University (Bogota, Colombia) Symphonic Band (Patricia Vanegas Ruiz, conductor) – 21 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Serge Lancen." Accessed 26 July 2015.