On the Wings of Swallows

真正的希望是迅速的，像燕子的翅膀一樣飛翔"--出自莎士比亞的《理查三世》。邁克爾-斯威尼（Michael Sweeney）的這首戲劇性的新作品是一首以通篇作曲方式創作的多風格作品。樂曲通過沉思的開頭音調、推動性的主旋律和以縈繞心頭的中音薩克斯獨奏為特色的慢板發展，最終在銅管樂的聲明中達到高潮。這是一首令人欣慰和感動的作品"

作曲家: Michael Sweeney
樂器: Concert Band

曲目:
On The Wings Of Swallows

樂器編制:
FULL SCORE
PICCOLO
FLUTE
OBOE
BASSOON
BB CLARINET 1
BB CLARINET 2
BB CLARINET 3
EB ALTO CLARINET
BB BASS CLARINET
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE
BB TRUMPET 1
BB TRUMPET 2
BB TRUMPET 3
F HORN 1
F HORN 2
TROMBONE 1
TROMBONE 2
BARITONE B.C.
BARITONE T.C.
TUBA
STRING BASS
PERCUSSION 1
PERCUSSION 2
TIMPANI
MALLET PERCUSSION

原文簡介:
“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings” - from Shakespeare's Richard III. This dramatic new work from Michael Sweeney is a multi-styled piece written in a through-composed fashion. Developing through pensive opening sonorities, a driving main theme, and a slow section featuring a haunting alto sax solo, the piece ultimately builds to a climatic brass statement. A rewarding and moving composition.
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