Product Description
grade 3+
duration; 4:30
I) Sarabande (2:38)
II) Fugue (1:53)
Flutes 1 & 2, Oboe, Bassoon, Bb Clarinets 1, 2 & 3, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxes 1 & 2, Tenor Sax, & Baritone Sax
Bb Trumpets 1, 2 & 3, Horns in F 1 & 2, Trombones 1 & 2, Euphonium, & Tuba
Timpani, Bells, Vibraphone
Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbal
Antique Sketches was composed with the intention of creating an accessible work for young band using counterpoint. Some of my favorite memories as a student in public school band include performing various arrangements of J.S. Bach. I loved sitting in the trumpet section listening across the ensemble to how the various melodic lines would rapidly fizz around from instrument to instrument.
This short, two movement work is designed to foster this listening experience in your students. The first movement consists of a simple binary form, with woodwinds and brass trading off a slow melodic line. The ensemble then combines to allow for the exploration of top to bottom, back to front balance and blend without having to worry about too much technique. There are also moments of modernity in the harmonic structure designed to help anchor the movement to the present.
The second movement is a fugue with a long melodic subject and two countersubjects, the point of which is to apply the listening lessons from the first movement to the more technical aspects of the second. Fugue subjects are announced with percussion entrances to focus the listening experience across the ensemble and the audience.
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