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
Orkestsuite : for orchestra, 2001 / Andries van Rossem
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 str(12.8.6.6.6.)
Sinfonia : for orchestra, 2000 / Ludwig Otten
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 timp str
Variazioni su una elegia : voor kamerorkest / Antoon Maessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1211 1110 timp perc str(6.4.4.3.1-2.)
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