INTERNAL DATA CENTER v2.1 (MySQL)
Home
Upload
CRUDs
Writers
Titles
Title Instruments
Title Categories
Title Sub-Categories
Title Media
Series
Products
Organizations
Performances
Back to WordPress
Home
Titles
90D38B4B-0A02-4A80-A707-682741A7CBF2
Update
Update Title: 90D38B4B-0A02-4A80-A707-682741A7CBF2
ID
Titlecode
Title Name
Marketing Copy
This 10-minute celebration of the joys of rock and blues and counterpoint and orchestration falls into five clearly delineated sections.
Instrumentation
2.2.2.2: 2.2.0.0: Timp.Perc(1).Pno: Str
Commission
Dedication
For Roger Briggs and the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra
Program Notes
Don Freund’s Word on the Street brings “vernacular” tunes, rhythms, and attitudes to the medium of the chamber orchestra and the developmental processes beloved by composers of concert art music. This 10-minute celebration of the joys of rock and blues and counterpoint and orchestration falls into five clearly delineated sections. Word on the Street gets down to business immediately with a bright declamatory main tune — a rising 4-note phrase answered by a syncopated riff. This tune and its chatty counterpart get a thorough work-out, moving through the choirs of the orchestra in a variety of keys and juxtapositions, building to a unison statement that suddenly slams on the brakes. The energy subsides in the following section, which features sustained solo lines over a repeated bass-line mantra that is quietly inaugurated by the violas and cellos. A sudden gear-shift opens the third section in a fast-triple feel; a surging undercurrent accompanies a sassy tune first heard in the flute and oboe. The surging expands and the tune gets edgier, erupting into a dialog between timpani and strings, and paving the way for another gear-shift, this time into a heavy triple-time heroic blues. This slower wave figure gets weightier and weightier, eventually grinding to a halt. A whispered glissando ignites the fifth and final section, a hyperkinetic chattering imitative texture that drives towards an exuberant return of the opening tune. Word on the Street is dedicated to Roger Briggs and the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra.
Title Brand
Year Composed
Copyright Number
Copyright Year
Duration
Ensemble Size
Date Created
Date Updated
Inhouse Note
Bsc Code
Text Author
Premier Performance Memo
Recording Credits
Review
Awards
Title Category
Title Movements
Title Grade
Set Series ID
Title Instrument Category Text
Title Sub Category Text
Title Sub Category
Title Instrument Header
Title Grade Text
Clean Url
Save