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Images in Brass
April 3, 2022 @ 2:30 pm -4:30 pm
Join Brass Band Northwest as we explore music that describes specific places or things or people. Composers have long sketched images in sound: Antonio Vivaldi faced bracing winter storms and delighted in bird songs in his violin concertos, Four Seasons and Richard Strauss summited a mountain in his Alpine Symphony, only two examples from many. Brass Band Northwest presents images painted in brass tones.
Arthur Butterworth shows us three prints: Wyland Colliery (1839), a Deserted Farm (1840) and the Royal Border Bridge (1850). Sibelius composed Karelia to accompany staged tableau depicting historical events in Finland: a procession of laborers greeting Duke Narimont, the nostalgic musings of Swedish King, Karl Knutson and finally exuberant soldiers marching through a city.
Duke Ellington depicts a preacher in action with reverential “amens” from the trombones. Debussy shows us a dream and a beautiful girl. Nancy Galbraith depicts the bright energy of a vibrant city from sun up to sun down and Chris Hazell introduces us to a saucy cat.
Program
Gregson: Prelude for an Occasion (4:00)
Debussy/Colmer: Reverie (6:00)
Galbraith: Luminosity (8:00)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite (14:00)
INTERMISSION
Butterworth: Three Impressions (11:00)
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair (3:00)
Hazell: Three Brass Cats (10:00)
Ellington: The Shepherd (4:00)