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
Sinfonia giocosa : per orchestra, (1964) / Johan Weegenhuise
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2200 timp str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
School orchestra; Orchestra; Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
(GK4 ad lib.) 2121 3221 timp perc str 3h 3trp 3trb tb rec(s-a-t) 5acc
Symphonie no. 2 : geschreven te Minusio zomer 1921 / Willem Pijper
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4444 8441 tenh timp 3perc 4hp 6man org 3pf(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