Harp and string orchestra
SKU: M7.DOHR-88809
Composed by Adrian
Connell. Sheet music.
Score. 28 pages. Duration
15'. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#DOHR 88809. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services)
(M7.DOHR-88809).
ISBN
9790202098097.
On
the workWritten
originally for swing band
in the 1970's in a work
called A Minor Excursion
I chose a rather bland
tune for this suite. What
originally brought this
work alive was the
improvisation and
variation of the tune.
Therefore this suite is a
set of variations on the
opening movement and I
did this in homage to the
original work. For me
it's the following
movements which make the
work. The Prelude is just
a simple statement of the
theme with a small middle
eight section which hints
at the work's origin as a
jazz piece. The rest of
the movements grow from
the opening and explores
the Prelude in various
ways. This is really jazz
meets symphonic
development. The theme
can be clearly heard in
all the movements but as
the work reaches its
conclusion the theme
becomes more and more
fragmented. The first
performance was given on
20 November 1993 at Saint
Edmund's Church, Village
Way, Beckenham, Kent by
the Bromley Oecumenical
Singers and Orchestra,
conducted by Tomas
Creagh-Fuller. (Adrian
Connell)Duration: 15
minutes.
A Jazz Theme
