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Celebration

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Philip Sparke

Philip Sparke


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Year: Unknown
Duration: c. 0:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - $0.00


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Program Notes

Celebration was commissioned by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, and the first performed by them at Matsue Plover Hall, Japan, conducted by Craig Kirchhoff, on 11th June 1992.

The work celebrates two things: firstly, the incredible virtuosity of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra; and secondly, and more generally, optimism of the human spirit; and perhaps more specifically what is to me the most important aspect of any band music -- glorious results that can be achieved when musicians play together towards a common goal, a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts.

The piece opens with a sonorous fanfare from the brass. This is repeated against interpolations from high woodwinds. Eventually the texture thins and a solo flute introduces a new, tender theme. This builds through the band until the original fanfare reappears. But this loses its confidence and is dispelled by an off-stage flourish from the trumpets which introduces a more sinister element.

The Presto arrives, with a brass figure derived from the opening fanfare and running passages in the winds. A robust trumpet tune introduces the main theme of the Presto in the high winds. This is taken up by the whole band, and a bridge passage derived from elements of this theme leads to a climax, after which the horns introduce a new chordal fanfare, followed by the trumpets. The earlier bridge passage leads us back to a recapitulation of the main themes from the Presto. But the brass reintroduce the chordal fanfare against the main woodwind theme. From this point, the piece gains momentum into an extended Coda which introduces new material until a series of strident chords bring it to a crashing close.

-Program notes from score


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