Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta
Gabrielli's Voice
An overture based on a fragment by Gabrielli for symphony orchestra.
I was listening to an edition of Sound Advice on the CBC one night when I heard the opening of a brass work
by one of the renaissance composers Gabrielli. Those opening notes stuck in my mind and I began to wonder how might the
composition go were it written today. Gabrielli's Voice is my answer to that question, beginning with that
original fragment and running with it. The result is a dynamic and brassy work with a dignified, hymn-like middle section
leading to a boisterous 7/8 conclusion.
| Duration: | 9:30 min. |
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| Instrumentation: | picc.2.2.2.bcl.2 / 4.3.3.1 / 3+T strings |
| Composition Date: | July 2003 |