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Devil's Drive
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General Info
Year: 2017
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: World Projects
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When the Alabama Winds approached me to write a new piece to be premiered at Midwest, they specifically requested something that would wake the audience up and grab their attention; Devil’s Drive is my response to that request. A shattering note from the horns sets the stage for the breakneck reel that follows, while the sounds of steel guitars, banjos, and mandolins infuse the texture and lend a bluegrass feel to the piece. Solos are passed around the ensemble, and, as the title suggests, the groove never loses momentum or energy as it races towards a breathless finish.
My deepest thanks and appreciation to Randall Coleman and the Alabama Winds for the opportunity to write for them!
- Program Note from The Alabama Winds concert program, 20 December 2017
Media
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State Ratings
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Performances
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- The Alabama Winds (Tuscaloosa) (Randall Ogren Coleman, conductor) - 20 December 2017 (2017 Midwest Clinic) *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by This Composer
- As the Wood Smoke Rises (2014)
- Chorale and Blaspheme (2009/2015)
- Daylight Passing (2016)
- Devil's Drive (2017)
- Down the Lonely Path (2014)
- Locrian Riffs (2020)
- Lux Contrapunctum (2016)
- Masque of the Red Death, The (2010)
- Miserere (2008)
- Sketches on Paintings No 2 (2009/2015)
- Soliloquy for Band (2007)
- Symphony No. 1 (2012)
- Symphony No. 2 (2015)
Resources
- Brett Abigaña website Accessed 13 December 2017