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
Symphony Nº 2 : for orchestra / Christian Blaha
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl(fl-a) 3ob(eh) 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb timp 2perc str
3e symphonie : (in één deel), 1938-39 / Bertus van Lier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3343 4331 timp 2-3perc 1-2hp str
Sinfonia Urbana : for symphony orchestra / Alla Zagaykevych
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
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