related works

Three pieces based on the name of Haydn : Arrangement for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin and harp / Claude Debussy, Vincent d'Indy, Maurice Ravel; arranged by Lowell Dykstra

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl ob fg vn hp

Totem : for orchestra

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 3fl(pic) 3ob(ca) 3cl(cl-b) 3fg(fg-b) 4h 3trp 3trb tb 4perc hp cel str

O Rosa Bella : for winds, brass, low strings and percussion / Lewis Nielson

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2fl 2cl(cl-b) fg 2tpt trb-b 3perc str

Arcadia : for orchestra / Vleggaar, Giel

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2fl(pic) 2ob cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 2trp 2trb tb perc pf(cel) hp str

composition

The Race Day : An overture for orchestra / Lowell Dykstra

Author(s):
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