for brass quintet
(2013)
Duration: 12'
I. Limited
II. Foxtrot
III. Prayers of Steel
IV. City of the Big Shoulders
PROFESSIONAL
Commissioned by:
The Gaudete Brass Quintet
2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
Performance set available from OK Feel Good. Parts also available as a secure download. Score also available for print on demand.
Most of this quintet's movements are derived from Carl Sandburg's brilliant young Chicago Poems; from uses as simple as sharing a poem's title, to creating an all-out setting "sung" by the brass quintet. The foxtrot is my own insertion; an imagining of wandering Sandburg's Chicago via its dance orchestras. Prayers of Steel was commissioned by Chicago's Gaudete Brass Quintet, for their April 2013 John Corigliano Birthday Celebration Concert, and is dedicated to John Corigliano on his 75th Birthday.
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RECENT PERFORMANCES
Gaudete Brass, Curtiss Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago IL, - Dec 18 2013
Gaudete Brass, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert - Dec 11 2013
Gaudete Brass, University of Michigan School of Music, Moore Building, McIntosh Theatre, - Nov 18 2013
