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Title	Trittico
Article no.	4011217
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Contemporary Music (1945-present)
Instrumentation	Bra (brass band)
Format	Prt (full score)
Country of publication	United Kingdom (uk)
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Composer	Curnow, James
Difficulty level	4
Evaluation level of countries	C4 (Swiss 1st class)
Duration	13:30
Additional info/contents	A trittico is a tripych or group of three paintings or musical compositions based on a common theme and presented or performed together. The present work is a set of three extended variations on the American shaped-note hymn Consolation. The work opens in grand style with motives based on intervals of the hymn tune. The opening motif, and smaller fragments of it reappear throughout the piece and serve as an underlying element alongside the theme itself. The first variation is essentially a scherzo which echoes the minor mood of the theme. The hemiolic opposition of compound and duple time is used to good effect and, again, the main motif is never far away. This is music with energy and forward movement. The second variation gives the soloists a chance to shine. The mood is tranquil, yet there is always some activity and the musical material pre-echoes the third variation. The third variation is another scherzo-like section, the main theme accompanied by a rhythmic ostinato. Toward the conclusion there is a short aeleatoric passage – a variation within a variation allowing half the band to make their own variaitions in a cachophony of sound. An energetic coda draws together several elements to round off a work brim full of drive, energy, and self-propelled enthusiasm.
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	Format
	Trittico (brass band), full score
	Trittico (brass band), Set of parts without score
	Evasion, audio CD
	Trittico for Brass Band, audio CD

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