A letter from Camp ("Come Up From the Fields, Father")
| Instrumentation | small orchestra: 1110, 1210, perc (2), piano, strings, mezzo-soprano (baritone) soloist. |
| Length | 10 minutes |
| Difficulty | moderate |
| Comments | appropriate for amateur, youth as well as professional orchestras. This work uses a variety of styles to serve as a back-drop to the civil-war poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. The vocal soloist should have a strong, dramatic voice. |
| Sources | Scores/recordings available for perusal; parts available for hire, contact: OLIM MUSIC, 8 Silvermine Ave., Suite 14, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA. email: OLIMMP@aol.com. |
| Extras | none |
| History | First performed/recorded at the Aspen Music Festival in 1987; revised in 1996. |
| Contributor | Brian Field has written for large and small ensembles throughout the United States as well as internationally. He has received degrees in Music from Connecticut College, The Juilliard School, and Columbia University. His compositional style is best described as eclectic, but has recently been moving towards a chromatic, tonal idiom. He can be reached at rnb@mail.idt.net. |
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Shiva Tandava (Dance Suite for Orchestra)
| Instrumentation | chamber orchestra: 2222; 2221; timp, perc (2); strings. |
| Length | 12 minutes |
| Difficulty | moderate/difficult |
| Comments | appropriate semi-professional and professional orchestras. The more difficult parts of this work fall on the percussionists' shoulders; the work as a whole is easily held together with a good conductor. This work is based in Indian music and is a programmatic tale of the Hindu god Shiva's awakening and incendiary dance called the ananda tandava. Very catchy, with tabla-like percussion parts. Could easily be used in dance/ballet scenarios. |
| Sources | Scores available for perusal; parts available for hire, contact: OLIM MUSIC, 8 Silvermine Ave., Suite 14, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA. email: OLIMMP@aol.com. |
| Extras | |
| History | - |
| Contributor | Brian Field has written for large and small ensembles throughout the United States as well as internationally. He has received degrees in Music from Connecticut College, The Juilliard School, and Columbia University. His compositional style is best described as eclectic, but has recently been moving towards a chromatic, tonal idiom. He can be reached at rnb@mail.idt.net. |
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