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
Carrousel : concerto for orchestra, 2002 / Gerard Ammerlaan
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob eh(ob) 3cl 2fg cfg(fg) 4h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc str(14.12.10.8.6.)
Quaterni I per orchestra : (1979) / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic fll-a) 2ob eh 3cl 2cl-b 4fg cfg 4h 3trp 4trb tb cymb mar man 2hp str(16.16.12.12.8.)
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 4cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc 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