Beyond the Brass Gates: Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble

Composer: 
Don Freund
Strings / Violin / Solo with Piano
Catalog numbers: 

LKMP X511034/ HL 41917

Price: 
$22.95
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Duration (minutes): 
23
Detailed Instrumentation: 
Violin, Piano Reduction Reduction from: 2+Piccolo.2.3+E-flat Clarinet+Bass Clarinet+ContraBass Clarinet.2. AATB Saxophone Ensemble: 4.4.3+Bass Trombone.2 Euphonium.2: Percussion(6)
The brass section is formally isolated from the rest of the ensemble, playing "Gates" beyond which lie a series of seven "Realms" depicted by the solo violin, woodwinds, and percussion.  This form owes a great deal to Pictures at an Exhibition and Bluebeard's Castle -- Mussorgsky's promenades and Bartok's keys become Brass Gates which open to display fantasy worlds, the variegated domains ruled by the solo violin.