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Title	Symphony of Winds
Article no.	9630061
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Original contemporary music (20th, 21st century)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Belgium (be)
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Composer	Bourgeois, Derek
Opus no.	op.67
Difficulty level	6
Evaluation level of countries	D6 (German highest class)
Duration	16:10
Additional info/contents	The Symphony of Winds is a virtuosic exploration of the wealth of luxurious sound that is the wind orchestra. The Symphony and the subsequent Sinfonietta, commissioned by Harry Legge for what is now the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, are both difficult technically but not musically, and I suspect that back in the eighties many of us were embarrassed at hearing a world premiere which was enjoyable, challenging in the players but not the audiences. It was suggested that the intellectual demands just did not match the technical requirements; now, in a post-modern era, when instrumental technique is far more advanced and composers once again dare to write real tunes and traditional harmonies, it is high time that we revisited both of these pieces. The first movement is almost a moto perpetuo, a swirling gale howls through the woodwind, punctuated by syncopated chords and a jazzy far-ranging theme for brass, resting once briefly. In contrast, the second movement paints an English idyll, gently moving chords and trills of bird-song are set against an almost Delian melody for brass, with a little scherzando middle section. The finale is an unashamed summing up of every Pomp and Circumstance march ever penned, with several outrageous jokes, and a trio to end all trios. I. Hurricans II. Zephyrs III. March Winds
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	Symphony of Winds (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Symphony of Winds (concert/wind band), full score
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