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Winner of the Connecticut Orchestral Commissioning Competition, 1985.
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2.2.2(1d Bass Clarinet).2: 4.2.3.0: Timpani.Percussion(2): Strings
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Consortium of Connecticut Orchestras 1985
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Essay for Orchestra is one-movement "short story." The opening melody introduced by the trumpet (A Minor tonality, emphasis on the interval of the minor 3rd) generates many off-shoots which form the basis of the work. Solo passages answer back the forth at the beginning. The full orchestra gradually joins in. Tempi and dynamics grow into a forceful final statement of the theme. A coda at the end brings back the soli trumpets, followed by a "whisper" fragment in the strings. Essay for Orchestra is the result of a commissioning project sponsored by the Connecticut Orchestra Consortium. The work was premiered by the Wallingford Symphony in March, 1985, and received subsequent performances by the Meriden, Ridgefield, Manchester and Willimantic Symphony Orchestras. "In both concept and realization, Essay for Orchestra proved to be a very modern, very American piece of music." --Jim Zebora, Record Journal Meriden, CT. Gwyneth Walker
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