Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.DHP-0991451-030
Composed by Jacob De
Haan. Inspiration Series.
Original Light Music. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
1999. De Haske
Publications #DHP
0991451-030. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0991451-030).
Pacific Dreams
describes the experience
of Miguel, a traveling
composer from Spain who,
feeling somewhat
alienated from his
homeland, is wandering
through an area of Sydney
known as The Rocks. At a
small outdoor market in a
typical street of this
oldcolonial
neighbourhood, he
discovers a print of
William DeShazos painting
Pacific Dreams Portrayed
in the painting is the
surf of one of the exotic
islands in the Pacific.
Next, with the impressive
Sydney Harbour Bridge
looming over the
narrowstreets of The
Rocks, he envisions
sultry Pacific beaches.
Suddenly a theme he once
composed about the lakes
in Japan comes to him. Is
it the Asian influences
present in cosmopolitan
Sydney that bring this
theme to mind? Or perhaps
the waters aroundSydney,
over which he could sail
to Tahiti? He is
uncertain. Could this
same theme be used to
create a new composition
about his feelings for
the metropolis Sydney?
How then to work his
Pacific Dreams into the
mix? Miguel is certainly
no fan ofHawaiian music.
Mayby he could use the
vocabularies of islands
like Hawaii and Tahiti,
their beautiful vowel
combinations being sung
ad libitum by a mixed
choir.With these ideas
and his newly purchased
print of Pacific Dreams,
he boards the Metroat
Circular Quay. He has a
final glimpse of the
harbour and the Sydney
Opera House as the train
races into the ground. On
to the hotel! To work! He
must compose!Maestoso :
Miguel is impressed as he
gazes upon the Sydney
Harbour Bridge. And yet,
hewants to go away from
this city. Away, to an
exotic island in the
Pacific.Steady Rock : In
the Rocks, musicians are
playing at a square.
Miguel basks in the
atmosphere but at the
same time he is
fantasizing about Hawaii
and Tahiti.Andante
Lamentoso :In his hotel
room, Miguel is feeling
sad and lonely in this
big city. He takes
comfort in his Pacific
Dreams.Allegro : Miguel
boards the boat that
takes him from Darling
Harbour to Circular Quay.
In his mind he is
traveling on to Hawaii.
Or is ithome, where the
bolero is playing? He is
pulled back to reality by
the skyline of
Sydney.
Wir
schlüpfen in die Haut
von Miguel und reisen mit
ihm nach Australien.
Einigermaßen entfremdet
von seiner spanischen
Heimat schlendert er
durch das Viertel The
Rocks in Sydney. Auf
einem kleinen Markt
entdeckt er einen Druck
des Gemäldes Pacific
Dreams von William
DeShazo. Das Bild stellt
die Meeresbrandung auf
einer exotischen Insel im
Pazifik dar. Während die
eindrucksvolle Harbour
Bridge von Sidney vor ihm
auftaucht, ist er in
Gedanken bei den heißen
Stränden im Stillen
Ozean. Auf einmal kommt
ihm das Thema in den
Sinn, das er einst über
die Gewässer Japans
komponiert hatte. Liegt
es an den asiatischen
Einflüssen, die im
kosmopolitischen Sydney
so vielfältig
vertretensind? Oder sind
es die Wasser rund um
Sydney, über die er nach
Tahiti segeln könnte? Er
ist sich unsicher.
Könnte er genau dieses
Thema für eine neue
Komposition über die
Metropole Sydney
verwenden? Wie sollte er
seine Träume vom
Pazifik, seine Pacific
Dreams, in diese
Mixtur einbringen?
Vielleicht könnte er den
Wortschatz von Inseln wie
Hawaii und Tahiti für
seine Komposition
verwenden. Und einen
gemischten Chor die
schönen
Vokalverbindungen ad
libitum singen lassen.
Mit diesen Ideen im Kopf
steigt er in die Metro am
Circular Quay. Auf ins
Hotel und frisch ans
Werk! Jetzt muss er
einfach
komponieren....