Composed by
Timothy Wilson. Wind &
brass music. Score and
Parts. Score and parts.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y290. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y290).
ISBN
9790220223228.
Winn
er of the 2011 Stainer &
Bell Award for Brass
Composition held at the
Royal Welsh College of
Music and Drama, Timothy
Wilson's Avidity
is a dynamic
endorsement of the
competition's aim to
provide exciting new
brass music for schools,
conservatoires and
professional ensembles.
Generated by the
composer's skilful
invention and purposeful
structure, its
fast-moving six-minute
sonata form for brass
quintet delivers the
musical counterpart of
the eagerness and
expectancy implied by its
title.
In the
outer sections of
Avidity strongly
accented rhythms command
the attention, with
arresting unisono
phrases balanced by
effervescent staccato
passages. The level of
energy is sustained
through unexpected
rhythmic twists and turns
distorting the pulse of
the music, with striking
crescendi and strong
dynamic contrasts that
are a particular strength
of the brass idiom. There
is respite however, with
two episodes of solemn,
chorale-like material
whose arched lines sound
no less well on the five
instruments. But the last
word is with the opening
theme, returning with
unstoppable momentum and
concluding Avidity
with a decisive
cadence of abrupt
repeated chords.
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Arranged by J. Scott
Irvine. For Brass
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