1992, rev. 2003

Music for an Occasion

for brass, piano and percussion

Program Notes

This work, in three brief sections, explores an insistent memory (horn solo), which is interrupted by a disturbing trumpet “fanfare,” and from which hopefulness emerges (muted trumpets).

Premiere

4 August 1993

Contemporary Ensemble | George Tsontakis, director

Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, CO

Work Details

Duration:

ca. 3 minutes

Instrumentation:

4 Hns, 3 Tpts in C, 3 Trbs, Tuba; Pn; 3 Perc [Timp/T-Tam, Glock 1, Glock 2]

Publisher:

Biscardi Music Press
No. B48-92-1

Distributor:

Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc.

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