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Music for orchestra by Mark Zuckerman
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Composed for community orchestras |
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Susquehanna Sunset [2112/2121/3 perc./strings] (5' ACA) written for and premiered by the
Susquehanna Symphony, a community orchestra conducted by Sheldon Bair in Bel
Air, Maryland. It is a tone poem in which
the opening figure,
composed of two rising leaps, is echoed and turned in on itself, acquiring
harmonic coloring along the way. These elements are patiently recombined and
re-combed, exploring a range of colors increasingly rich yet diffuse, until
finally reaching a definitive expression before dissolving back into its
elements. The process to me is evocative of a clear sky at dusk, where the
unhurried setting sun creates a collection of colors that gradually combine and
recombine, becoming brilliant in a final moment before dissipating. |
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Civic Celebration
[3222/4331/4 timpani/4 perc./strings] (7' ACA) written
for and premiered by the Holyoke (Massachusetts) Civic Symphony conducted by
David Kidwell, who called it "a
terrific concert opener ... both the orchestra and the audience enjoyed it."
I was inspired to write Civic Celebration for the Holyoke
Civic Symphony after hearing the Symphony playe
my Susquehanna Sunset. I was quite impressed by the verve and commitment evident
in all the performances on the program and by the loyalty and support shown the
Symphony by the people from the community who came to hear it.
Civic Celebration is offered as a tribute to the Holyoke
Civic Symphony on its 50th anniversary. It has a kind of exuberant
nobility, as befitting both the occasion and the spirit with which the Symphony
and its director pursue their mission. Civic Celebration gives everyone in the
orchestra something important to contribute – even instruments not normally in
the forefront, like piccolo and triangle, play crucial roles.
The piece begins and ends with a fanfare. In
between, there are two themes – both based on the fanfare – which are explored
sequentially and then combined. |
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