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
Arethuza : symphonische mythe naar Louis Couperus, (1947) / Alexander Voormolen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 timp perc cel 1-2hp org str
Sinfonie : in F dur, October 1900-12 Juni 1901 / von Jan van Gilse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp str
Orchestrales : for orchestra, 1992-1994 / Bart Visman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 6perc hp pf str
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