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Mysteries of the Horizon
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Subtitle: Concerto for Cornet and Wind Orchestra
General Info
Year: 2012 / 2015
Duration: c. 22:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass band
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Movements
1. Menaced Assassin – 6:50
2. The Dominion of Light – 2:40
3. The Flavour of Tears – 7:40
4. The Discovery of Fire – 5:20
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
During the time he has lived in Brussels, Clarke has built a strong artistic relationship with Brass Band Buizingen. Written especially to showcase the multi-facetted playing of Harmen Vanhoorne, the concerto takes as its expressive starting point four paintings by the Belgium surrealist, René Magritte (1898-1967). Clarke responds to the first, The Menaced Assassin, with music full of drama, edge and dissonance. Fanfares based on the devilish tritone dominate the scene. Rather like the much less flamboyant but equally demanding Sinfonia Concertante by Heaton, the soloist kept busy throughout. In The Dominion of Light, the transparency of the writing and the emphasis on high percussion and cornets, lifts the mood. In The Flavour of Tears, Harmen’s lyrical and rubato style is emphasised. In the finale, The Discovery of Fire, the music spits fire in a relentless moto perpetuo.
- Program Note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble (Reed Thomas, conductor; Harman Vanhoorne, cornet)
- Audio CD: Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble (Reed Thomas, conductor) - 2017
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Grand Symphonic Winds (Twin Cities, Minn.) (Matthew George, conductor; Harmen Vanhoorne, cornet) – 27 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Battles & Chants
- Black Fire
- Breaking the Century
- The City in the Sea
- Fanfares & Celebrations
- Fields of Remembrance
- Forgotten Heroes
- Gagarin (2004)
- Heritage Suite (2009)
- King Solomon's Mines
- La Fleur en Papier Doré (2019)
- Mata Hari
- Mysteries of the Horizon (2015)
- Samurai (1995/2007)
- Tilbury Point
- What Hope Saw (Heritage Suite)
Resources
- "MYSTERIES OF THE HORIZON (Concerto for Cornet and Wind Orchestra) by Nigel Clarke (Great Britain, 1960)." WASBE. Web. (Featured as WASBE’s Composition of the Week, 3 May 2021). Accessed 13 January 2023
- Nigel Clarke website Accessed 13 January 2023