composer
Lowell Dykstra is op 14 september geboren in Exeter, Huron County (Ontario), Canada. Op zevenjarige leeftijd emigreert hij met zijn familie naar Nederland. Hij studeert gitaar bij Guido Topper aan ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Instruments:
fl vla pf
De Dauwboog : for orchestra / Reza Namavar, 2008
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
pic 2fl ob ob(eh) 3cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 4perc hp pf(cel) str
III. Symphonie : op. 40 / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3343 4331 timp perc xyl hp str
Musica reservata : for symphonic band and symphony orchestra, 1986, (revision 1987) / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Band; Orchestra
Instruments:
I: 2271 3sax 4331 crt bug barh 2perc cb II: 2222 4331 timp 1-2perc hp str
composition
The Race Day : An overture for orchestra / Lowell Dykstra
Description:
When I first saw the extremely beautiful painting by Jack Yeats, Galway Races, I was immediately caught by it and I started imagening what a day at the horse races would be like. While I was in Ireland in 2002, spending my Summer holidays, I was lucky to go to the Sligo Horse races. I pictured some impressions of this event in this short and rather light-hearted composition.
The whole piece is almost entirely in a 6/8 metre, similar to the popular Irish jig (I've put one in), and based on the motive that runs throughout the work in various forms & instrumentation.
Lowell Dijkstra