Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble & Reed Thomas - Nigel Clarke: Earthrise - Turnbull: Girot - Jesús Santandreu: Sortes Diabolorum (2014)

Tracklist

01. Earthrise
02. Griot: I. The Orator
03. Griot: II. The Songsmith
04. Griot: III. Dancers and Drummers
05. Heritage Suite, "What Hope Saw": I. Bric-a-brac Market
06. Heritage Suite, "What Hope Saw": II. Prayers and Plagues
07. Heritage Suite, "What Hope Saw": III. Cornucopia
08. Heritage Suite, "What Hope Saw": IV. Hop Pickers Round
09. Heritage Suite, "What Hope Saw": V. Warm Beer and Cricket
10. Heritage Suite, "What Hope Saw": VI. Wyatt's Rebllion and Hope
11. Sortes Diabolorum
12. Their Finest Hour


This program presents exciting new works by three composers whose backgrounds range from military bands to rock and jazz music. Nigel Clarke’s Earthrise represents the drama of the entire NASA Apollo 8 flight. This contrasts with the Heritage Suite, a representation of the day-to-day life of the historic market town of West Malling in Kent, England. Celebrating the Battle of Britain in 1940, Their Finest Hour uses the actual alarm bell which called the RAF fighter pilots to their planes. In Kit Turnbull’s striking evocation the trombone assumes the rôle of the Griot, a poet, storyteller and musician who chronicles West African tribal stories through words, mime and movement. Jesús Santandreu’s Sortes Diabolorum evokes the violence of The Inquisition and the ultimate triumph of common sense over superstition.

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