related works

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Moments of an Odyssey) : for reed quintet / Lowell Dykstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: ob cl sax-a fg cl-b

Concertino : voor fluit, hobo, klarinet, saxofoon, trompet, pauken, piano en strijkorkest, op. 8, 1939-1940 / Marius Flothuis

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 1110 sax-a 0100 timp pf str

Again, Again, Again, Again, Again... : Version for orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: picc fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2trp 2trb 2perc hp pf str

Keep going : for 20 wind instruments, violin, cello and double-bass / Hans Kornac

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2243 sax 4220 vl vc cb

composition

The Race Day : An overture for orchestra / Lowell Dykstra

Other authors:
Dykstra, Lowell (Composer)
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