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
Variazioni per orchestra : = (Variations for orchestra), (1959) / Kees van Baaren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 3h 4trp 2trb tb 9-11perc hp pf4h str
Symphonie no.10 in D-dur ‘Walzer’ : for orchestra / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl(pic) 3ob 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc str
Naima suite : for orchestra, 1986 / Theo Loevendie
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl(cl-b) sax-a 2 fg cfg 4h 2trp 2trp(pic) tb timp 3perc hp pf(cel) 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